World May 03 Workers install stove at Sistine Chapel where ballots are burned during conclave to elect pope Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a new pope and began taking measures to block any electronic interference with their deliberations, as jockeying continued Saturday outside over who…
World May 02 Vatican firefighters install chimney on Sistine Chapel roof for papal election After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to indicate the outcome to the outside world.
World Apr 29 Disgraced Cardinal Becciu will not participate in conclave to elect pope After his 2020 downfall, Becciu had said he would not participate in any future conclave. But in recent days he had asserted he had a right to enter the Sistine Chapel with other cardinals on May 7.
World Apr 28 Vatican says conclave to elect new pope will start on May 7 as cardinals begin informal meetings The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the April 21 death of Pope Francis.
World Apr 26 PHOTOS: Mighty and meek say farewell to Pope Francis at his funeral and last popemobile ride World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the peripheries and reflected his wish to be remembered as a simple pastor.
World Apr 23 Pope Francis’ troubled course on addressing clergy sexual abuse Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the biggest crisis of his papacy.
World Apr 23 WATCH: First day of Pope Francis laying in state as mourners pay final respects Wednesday is the start of three days of public viewing ahead of the pontiff’s funeral.
World Apr 22 Pope Francis’ funeral to be held Saturday, after 3 days lying in state with public viewing Francis' appearance from the same loggia where he was introduced to the world as the first pope from the Americas on March 13, 2013, was a fitting bookend to a 12-year papacy that sought to shake up the church and…
World Apr 21 A guide to the rites, rituals and ceremonies following the pope’s death 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 his wishes.
World Apr 21 What to know about Pope Francis’ death “Brothers and sisters, Happy Easter,” he said Sunday from the same loggia where Jorge Mario Bergoglio was introduced to the world on March 13, 2013 as the 266th pope.