When a pope dies, after the camerlengo certifies the passing, the pope's ring is removed and destroyed to mark the end of his ...

Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...

The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...

With Pope Francis’ health in question, speculation grows about how the Catholic Church would elect his successor.