Jean-Nicholas Fievet

1 month ago | nbcnewyork.com | Jean-Nicholas Fievet |Astha Rajvanshi

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.”It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or campaign, but rather the divinely inspired election of Christ’s Vicar on Earth by the princes of the church.

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Pope Francis’ funeral ceremony at the Vatican on NBC News. Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at age 88.

1 month ago | nbcnewyork.com | Jean-Nicholas Fievet

Pope John Paul II’s 1996 rules on the election of popes say the cardinals must wait at least 15 days before entering a conclave, to allow the cardinals time...

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Max Butterworth |Mithil Aggarwal |Jean-Nicholas Fievet |Erik Ortiz

Updated This morning, a solemn bell tolled as a ceremonial procession of patriarchs, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, canons and other priests carried Pope FrancisSt. Peter's Basilica. Before setting off, Cardinal Kevin Farrell presided over a ceremony in Santa Marta, where the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics lived and died.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Marlene Lenthang |Chiara Sgreccia |Jean-Nicholas Fievet |Astha Rajvanshi

Updated The world is paying tribute to Pope Francis, who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, following his death yesterday at the age of 88. Francis' death certificate, released by the Vatican overnight, said he died from a stroke that prompted irreversible heart failure. He had suffered a long series of health issues.