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Cardinals Gather in Vatican to Fine Tune Preparations for Pope’s Funeral
The conclave to select the next pontiff has not started yet, but meetings to set the agenda and to decide on the logistics of mourning for Francis were gathering pace.
National Catholic Register5h
Cardinals Converge in Rome As Second General Congregation Gathers 103 Prelates
The congregation also determined which cardinals will celebrate each of the subsequent Novendiales Masses through May 4.
Religion News Service on MSN1d
Holding tickets for Rome, Vatican pilgrims pivot from saint canonization to papal funeral
Tens of thousands of people planned to be at the Vatican this week for the canonization of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial ...
How the ‘Conclave’ team recreated the top-secret Vatican ceremony to elect a new pope
The death of Pope Francis this week has sparked renewed interest in the Oscar-winning movie Conclave. Now streaming on Amazon ...
Italy prepares ring of steel for Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome with Nato jets, snipers and 8,000 police
Italian authorities are preparing one of the most complex and secretive security operations in Vatican history as 200,000 ...
Tourists told to brace for Rome flight price hikes as mourners pay respects to Pope
Tourists have been warned by a travel expert about a hike in flight prices to Rome as mourners flock to the Italian capital ...
RTÉ Ireland10h
Outpouring of grief as mourners congregate at the Vatican
RTÉ's Social Affairs and Religion Correspondent Ailbhe Conneely looks at how Rome and the Catholic community are dealing with ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Vatican What’s Happening and Where
Faithful and nuns gather by the statue of Pope Pius IX, inside in St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, ...