The rewrite was also preceded by the unusual circumstances of Pope Benedict XVI's funeral, which deviated from traditional papal funerals on account of the fact he was a retired pope rather than a ...

For bishops and archbishops, the liturgical clothes for a funeral include the alb, a white tunic held by a traditional cord called cincture, the amice, a short linen cloth to cover the neck, and a red ...

The funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI occurred five days after his death, while the funeral of Pope John Paul II happened six days afterward. One exception was the funeral of Pope Pius VI ...

millions of people filed past his coffin in St. Peter’s Basilica and there was a funeral attended by presidents and monarchs. Because Benedict resigned and was not the pope at the time of his ...

The most recent papal funeral was for Pope Benedict XVI in January 2023, a decade after he resigned from the position. But Francis' will look pretty different. After he presided over his ...

The changes became necessary after Francis expressed his own wishes, and after Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI died on Dec. 31, 2022. For Benedict, the Vatican had to work out the novelty of a funeral ...

The earlier practice would have been to place the body on top of a tall raised platform, called a catafalque; this ended with the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI in 2022. At Francis' funeral ...

King Charles III will not attend the funeral of Pope Francis alongside other world leaders. The British monarch is expected to skip the late pontiff's funeral service at St Peter's Basilica church ...