Following the death of Pope Francis today at the age of 88, the Pontiff's body will now need to be embalmed to prevent the ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

By contrast, Pope John XXIII was embalmed with a mixture including ethyl alcohol and potassium nitrate. According to embalmer ...

The pope makes the final decision on canonization. Pope John XXIII, wearing the triple-crowned tiara of the papacy, sitting on a portable throne as he leaves St. Peter’s Basilica in 1962.Credit ...

similar to Pope John XXIII, for addressing the signs of the times. Francis was known for his progressive stance, particularly his welcoming of separated/divorced and gay Catholics, though this ...

The body of Pope John XXIII was also not embalmed on his death in 1963, but it was treated with preservatives that were so effective that his face was perfectly preserved when the casket was ...

It may also have been done with Pope John XXIII, but not with popes after him. The camerlengo tells the vicar of Rome of the pope’s death and the vicar then informs the people of Rome.

or “Saint Right Away!” — and it still took nine years, and Francis’s election, before the Polish-born pontiff, along with predecessor Pope John XXIII, were declared saints. Francis ...

Pope Paul VI died in 1978 at 80 years old. Pope John XXIII, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was born into a family of 13 children in Sotto il Monte, Italy. In 1892, Roncalli entered the seminary.