Vatican releases images of Pope Francis in open coffin for Confirmation of the Death of the Pontiff ceremony By . Nika Shakhnazarova. Published April 22, 2025. Updated April 22, 2025, 7:28 a.m. ET.

The Vatican has released images of Pope Francis being laid out in an open coffin ahead of the Confirmation of the Death of the Pontiff ceremony. His Holiness died Monday after suffering a stroke ...

Archbishop Sergio Pagano, the prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Archive, formerly known as the Vatican Secret Archives is disclosing information for the first time, revealing some of the secrets he ...

Vatican Archives Papal Letter Registers. The Vatican Archives Papal Letters Registers on CD-ROM consist of digital image reproductions of the manuscript registers of papal letters housed in the ...

On May 21, Pope Leo XIV held his first general audience, a regular weekly gathering he is expected to hold for the rest of his papacy. Following several busy weeks that included the funeral for Pop… ...

The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are all that secret: It has opened up the files of controversial World War II-era Pope Pius XII to ...