The hammer is no longer used. Far more conventionally, an electrocardiogram was used to confirm John Paul II's death in 2005. Farrell then made a statement announcing the news: "At 7:35 this ...

But it should begin no less than 15 and no more than 20 days after the death of the pope. The cardinals will meet in the Sistine Chapel, a Renaissance jewel adorned with Michelangelo’s ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of the Argentine pontiff, history’s first from Latin America, who presided ...

Asked about what the Catholic Church needs in the wake of Francis’ death, Archbishop Pierre said it 'needs first and foremost to be close to the people, to be attentive to the real needs of the ...

The canonization for an Italian teenager who was set to become the first millennial saint has been postponed for at least one week after the death of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff died ...

He was 88 years old. Pope Francis' death(AFP) Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church. He died peacefully at 7:35 a.m., and the ...

Pope Francis’ cause of death has been released by the Vatican. The New York Times reported on Monday, April 21, that Francis’ cause of death was a cerebral stroke, followed by a coma and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the certification ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process of picking a new pontiff. It is a procedure steeped in tradition ...