Pope John XXIII receiving the papal tiara during his ... Vatican — they were the pallbearers who carried Pope Francis’ coffin. Pope Leo just greeted President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine ...

“I want one exactly like John,” the woman declared, referring to Pope John XXIII, who had died recently. “He needn’t be exactly the same,” the priest countered. “The important thing is ...

(He lived to be the second-oldest pope and died at the age of 93). When in 1958 Pope John XXIII looked in the mirror at his white vestments — pinned in various places due to his large size ...

Then there is the name. Pope John XXIII convoked Vatican II. Pope Paul VI continued and finished it. Pope John Paul I took both names to signal his intention to continue the reforms of Vatican II ...

A gold metallic embroidered stole of Pope John XXIII and the papal tiara of Pope Paul VI are displayed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Oct. 30 ...

The soggy crowds at the pope’s Mass at Tamiami Park in 1987. Carol Guzy Miami Herald File Lightning shook the skies, rain pelted the earth. But Pope John Paul ... in the glass-enclosed ...

Before the last conclave, he prayed at the tomb of Pope John XXIII that the next pope would "reopen" a window to the world the way John XXIII did with the Vatican II reforms of the 1960s.

The Mass used to include the papal coronation ceremony, but that portion of the celebration has not been included in the Mass since Pope John Paul I was officially installed as pope in 1978.

John Yang: And so Pope Gregory X, who emerged from that prolonged conclave, established strict rules in hopes of avoiding a repeat. The process continued to evolve. The modern framework is spelled ...

Social media posts shared a video of Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter's Basilica in the three days before his funeral, when around 250,000 filed past the open coffin. The footage shows ...

Minutes before the pope's address, marching bands serenaded the crowd with American-themed music such as "YMCA," "Gonna Fly Now," the theme from the film Rocky, and selections by John Philip ...