Experts say the process requires "two custom fireworks", smoke test rehearsals and Vatican firefighters on standby.

It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...

The pope’s burial site, at his request, is the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of the four papal basilicas in Rome. He joins ...

Pope Francis resided in a modest suite at the Vatican’s Santa Marta guesthouse rather than the more formal Apostolic Palace, and he has a private chapel within Santa Marta where the confirmation ...

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The letter was organized by the American Association of Colleges and Universities and signed by presidents and administrators at colleges across the U.S., including at large public research ...

The body is then preserved and prepared for public viewing, clothed in a white cassock and placed in the pontiff’s private chapel. This shift in procedure was made possible by the Ordo ...

Pope Francis's body is laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. From left front row, Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, Dean Cardinal Giovanni Battista ...

He died there and his body was transferred to the hotel chapel in the lobby, where the private viewing was being held Tuesday for Vatican officials and members of the pontifical household.In ...

He died there and his body was transferred to the hotel chapel in the lobby, where the private viewing was underway Tuesday for Vatican officials and members of the pontifical household.

Pope Francis's body laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican on Monday. Pope Francis's body laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican on Monday. Vatican Media/AP ...