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

As part of Francis’ push to simplify the papal funeral rites, his body is in a single wooden coffin lined with zinc, rather than having three nested coffins of cypress, lead and oak as was tradition.

In his homily at the pope's funeral, Cardinal Re described Pope Francis as a "pope among the people, with an open heart ...

The coffin of Pope Francis was sealed in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday evening, ahead of the funeral on Saturday. A changing ...

More than 100,000 mourners filed into St. Peter's Basilica on Friday to pay their respects to Pope Francis, viewing his open ...

It meant a lot to me to see him, he gave us so much,” said one woman who waited in line to file past the pontiff’s casket.

Angry mourners at Pope Francis’s lying in state have blasted people taking selfies beside his open casket in St Peter's Basilica, calling the behaviour “distasteful” and disrespectful.

Throngs of the faithful made their way to the 16th century basilica’s main altar where Francis’ open wooden ... which Francis’ casket will be closed and sealed. The funeral has been set ...

Thousands queued into the night to take part in the solemn procession to the basilica, where the faithful paid their respects ahead of Saturday’s funeral mass. The Prince of Wales will join the ...

Throngs of the faithful made their way to the 16th century basilica's main altar where Francis' open wooden ... Francis' casket will be closed and sealed. Francis' death and funeral will usher ...

Francis’ body will lie in state in the basilica until Saturday’s funeral ... open until midnight to accommodate the crowds, a mourning period that will end on Friday at 7 p.m., when Francis ...

The public will be able to file past the open casket from 11:00 a.m. local time ... The world leaders who are set to attend the pope's funeral include U.S. President Donald Trump and Prince ...