The 87-year-old pontiff – who turns 88 next month – enacted a new set of liturgical rites aimed at modernizing the Catholic ...

After the funeral of his predecessor, Benedict XVI, the pope asked that the protocols for papal funerals be revised to evoke ...

Mandarin Chinese is considered the world's most spoken language, with nearly one billion speakers, ahead of Spanish and ...

The journey includes Mass at Place d’Austerlitz and meetings with local clergy under Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo.

Pope Francis’s down-to-earth style has become a trademark of his papacy. New rules for papal burials are another step to seal ...

Pope Francis approves new papal funeral rites for when he dies to simplify rituals, allow for burial outside the Vatican ...

After threatening to excommunicate two Peruvian laypeople suing a papal envoy, Pope Francis apparently met with the pair over ...

Pope Francis denounces the hypocrisy of some countries “where there is much talk of peace” but “the highest yielding ...

Pope Francis has approved new rites for his own funeral for when he dies to simplify rituals and be buried outside the ...

Pope Francis announced this week that he intends on having a much more simple funeral than those of his predecessors at the ...

ANALYSIS: The revisions reflect Francis’ desire to simplify the rites and, in some instances, to dispense with centuries-old ...

Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies. He's simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role ...