God, the Holy Ghost ... unto thee in the name of sinners; and do thou, in thy great goodness, grant pardon to them who seek thy mercy, in the name of the same thy son, Jesus Christ, who liveth ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...

CHICAGO – The bells ringing outside of Holy Name Cathedral on Easter Sunday signaled ... of parishioners commemorated the resurrection of Jesus Christ. One family came all the way from France ...

The body rests in the pope’s personal chapel for the ritual pronouncement of death, presided over by the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See ... the Litany of Saints chant ...

To the chanting of Christ's promise, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live," the mortal remains of Pope Francis were carried into St. Peter's Basilica ...

A pope's death sets in motion a series of rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. Here's ...

When the cardinals of the Catholic Church gather to choose the next pope, how close to the movie "Conclave" will it be?

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, revised various rites last year, simplifying the funeral rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican in keeping with ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the head of the Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome, and sovereign of the Vatican ...