In 2005, then-President George W. Bush attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II, along with former president Bill Clinton. Biden and former first lady Jill Biden will attend Francis’s funeral ...

King Charles III will not attend the funeral of Pope Francis alongside other world leaders. The British monarch is expected to skip the late pontiff's funeral service at St Peter's Basilica church ...

The group must decide the date of the funeral. In 1995 John Paul II’s funeral was six days after his death and the conclave to choose a successor met 10 days later. It must also decide when the ...

The cardinals arrange for the funeral rites to be observed during this time. This is also when a pope lies in state. Approximately 1 million mourners visited John Paul II's body as it lay in state ...

Bush attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005. Earlier on Monday, Trump ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of the late pontiff, though at the time he was uncertain whether ...

The funeral Mass for Pope Francis, attended by some quarter-million people and watched on screens by many millions more, showed this same tension on a geopolitical scale. Cameras scanned the vast ...

Cardinals arriving in Rome for the funeral services of Popes Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II. Only cardinals under 80 years old can vote for the election of a new pope. On the day ...

Gary Stern of The Journal News/lohud covered Pope John Paul II's funeral and witnessed the global impact of the event. There's a saying when a pope dies: "The pope is dead, long live the pope." ...

It has been 20 years since the world witnessed a papal funeral service. During Pope John Paul II’s funeral on Friday, April 8, 2005, the front row was reserved for Italian and Polish authorities ...