Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill reflects on Pope Francis' funeral and how traditional customs have faded over time.

The pope has been celebrated for eschewing much of the pomp and circumstance around his role and instead choosing frugality ...

with a Friday calling and Saturday funeral possible, but involving multiple complications (starting with extra charges for weekends, plus some cemeteries not open on Saturday at all). Behind that ...

On Friday, an emergency alert was sent out to phones in Rome and the Vatican to inform visitors that access to the church ...

Francis’ funeral is set for Saturday. Afterward he will be buried across town in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a place dear to his heart. St. Peter’s has been open nearly round-the ...

Proceedings began at 10am local time (9am BST) with the service taking place at St Peter's Basilica in front of 200,000 ...

Pope Francis' coffin has been closed in a private ceremony attended by senior cardinals ahead of his funeral today ...

Pope Francis I's funeral ... triple-casket arrangement. More than 250,000 people have flocked to St Peter’s Basilica since Wednesday, with the Vatican keeping its doors open overnight to manage ...

"Thank God I saved our text messages," Michael Wooldridge said in open court May 5 ... followed the hearse that carried her casket during her funeral procession. The man accused of causing ...