Ecuador’s National Electoral Council announced the results of the runoff election for the 2025 to 2029 presidential term.

Mourning period. Following his death, a traditional nine-day period of mourning begins, also known as the Novemdiales. On ...

In a break from tradition and by his prior request, the pope will be laid to rest in Rome's St. Mary Major Basilica instead of in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, where many of pope's predecessors ...

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome.

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

The death of Pope Francis now sets off a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals. Here's what to know.

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Pope Francis’ funeral and burial explained as death kicks of series of rituals - Upon the pope’s death, the head of the ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff and a figure beloved for his humility and advocacy for the poor, died aged 88 ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Hundreds of thousands are expected to pay their respects to Pope Francis as he lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. In the past, the pope's body was placed on a raised platform ...

Youth advocacy expert Jonathan Abakpa has examined how Nigerian youth movements use digital activism and grassroots action to ...