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Before the wooden coffin is closed, Pope Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli, the Vatican’s lead master of ceremonies for papal liturgies, place a white veil over the late pope’s face. The action on Jan. 4, 2023, is part of the funeral rites for popes.

Vatican simplifies funeral rite for popes

Nov 20, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

The second edition of the “Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis” (“Order of Funerals for Roman Pontiffs”) is a revision of the... Read more

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Chicago Catholics bury the remains of indigent adults and unborn babies in annual ceremony

Nov 1, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

“We come here to mourn the loss of 202 souls … who were in need of a sense of compassion... Read more

Pope Francis attends the funeral Mass of Cardinal Angelo Sodano in St. Peter’s Basilica, May 31, 2022.

Pope Francis attends funeral of Cardinal Sodano

May 31, 2022

The influential former Vatican Secretary of State died on May 27 at the age of 94. Read more

Dealing with grief in a time of coronavirus

Sep 2, 2020

In normal times - when there is not a global pandemic - Linda Dyson assists Catholics at the Cathedral of... Read more