An curved arrow pointing right. Pope Francis presided over the funeral mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on January 5. The historic ceremony marked the first time in 200 years a pontiff has led ...

VATICAN, January 2. /TASS/. A lying-in-state ceremony for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has begun in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, a TASS correspondent reported. The ceremony will last for ...

Bishop Georg Gänswein, the Pope Emeritus' longtime private secretary, said Benedict XVI's last words were “Lord ... chapel to the Basilica in a private ceremony, presided over by Cardinal ...

Pope Francis on Sunday said he plans to promote ... who eventually will vote in a conclave to elect Francis' successor. The ceremony is scheduled for December 8 in the Vatican.

Archbishop Domenico Battaglia, 61, is based in Italy's third largest city Naples and will join a cohort of 20 other senior ...

Francis will install the new cardinals in a ceremony, known as a consistory, on Dec. 7. It will be the 10th consistory called by the pope since his ... house election late last month.