It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church ... entrusted to the pastoral government of the Roman pontiff, the divinely appointed successor ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, revised various rites last year, simplifying the funeral ... Pontificis,” Latin for “Rite of Burial for Roman Pontiffs.” While popes often tinker with ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church ... No autopsy is performed. Mourning rites last nine days, with the date of the funeral and burial to be decided ...

In November, Francis reformed the rites to be used for his funeral ... Who are possible candidates? Any baptized Roman Catholic male is eligible to be pope, but since 1378, only cardinals have ...

Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church's leader for the last 12 years, died at age 88 on Monday. In the days following a pope's death or resignation, the Vatican is tasked with both honoring the ...

BYZANTINE RITE CATHOLICS. The Byzantine Rite Catholic Church resulted from efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to convert Eastern Orthodox Christians in the old Austro-Hungarian Empire during the ...