The pope's physician tried a ... What was not accounted for, however, is that Pius XII died at the papal summer estate, Castel Gandolfo. There was then a procession to Rome, where he was set ...

World leaders and royalty joined 400,000 people for the funeral mass and procession ... gatherings of world leaders in years. From Pius XII to Benedict XVI, the BBC looks back at video from ...

Correction & clarification: This story has been updated to correct the first name of Frederic Baumgartner. A cloaked and timeless figure with a regal authority spanning centuries, the pope is a ...

In 1903, it took five days of voting to elect Pope Pius X – the same number it took to elect Pius XII in 1939. Almost as soon as black smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney ...

VATICAN CITY — 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 ...

who first made the garments for Pope Pius VI. This year, however, ecclesiastical tailor Ranieri Manchinelli, also in Rome, has prepared the new pope's vestments. Since no one knows who will be ...

In 1904, Pius X (who was pope from 1903–14) mandated that all notes taken by cardinals during the election were to be burned along with the ballots themselves. This burning of notes also ...

The body of Pope Formosus, who had been dead for about ... No surprise, then, that Francis’s arrangements for his own funeral broke the mold. He wanted his departure from the Vatican to be ...

Stay updated with Swisher Post! Read the latest news at Swisher Post The funeral of Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday, 21 April 2025, at the age of 88, will take place on Saturday ...