Cardinal Kevin Farrell presided over the first ritual of Francis's funeral rites, known as the “rite of the ascertainment of death and deposition in the coffin.” ...

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...