“Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father ... Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal ...

"Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis ... Aires-born head of the Catholic Church revised his funeral rites, scrapping the centuries ...

Pope Francis died 7:35 a.m. Monday, after significant health battles over recent months, including a bout of bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia in February. Pope Francis was released from Rome’s ...