VATICAN CITY (AP) - The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the certification of ...

Among the changes in the new edition, according to Vatican News, is the elimination of the use of three coffins of cyprus, lead, and oak, and the possibility for a deceased pope to be buried outside ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bishops attend the funeral for late Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican Wednesday, Nov. 27, ...

Why were changes to the funeral rites necessary? While popes often tinker with the rules regulating the conclave that elects their successor, a revision of the papal funeral rites hadn’t been ...