Cardinals pay tribute to the late Pope Francis during a vespers service at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica on April 27, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Eric Vandeville/Vatican Pool - Corbis/Getty Images hide caption
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Cardinals mourn Pope Francis in Rome over the weekend. Eric Vandeville via Vatican Pool WO/Getty Images hide caption
Cardinal Vincent Nichols after officiating the solemn requiem at The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood, informally known as Westminster Cathedral on April 21, 2025 in London, England. Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images hide caption
Cardinal Vincent Nichols expects a ‘mood of reflection’ at his first conclave
The coffin of Pope Francis is carried during the funeral Mass of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 26, 2025. Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters hide caption
Youssef Absi, Patriarch of Antioch and All the Orient, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem and head of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, blesses the coffin during the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on Saturday in Vatican City. Antonio Masiello/Getty Images hide caption
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Pope Francis greets participants to the Living Nativity Scene at the Basilica of St. Mary Major on December 14, 2024 in Rome, Italy. He will be laid to rest in the Basilica after his funeral in the Vatican on Saturday. Vatican/Getty Images hide caption
Workers cover the altar in St. Peter's Square in preparation for Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday. Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Juan Carlos Cruz sits with Pope Francis on Jan. 22, 2022. Juan Carlos Cruz hide caption
Clergy abuse survivor talks about what made Pope Francis special to him
Cardinals look on as the body of Pope Francis is transferred into the Basilica at St Peter's Square in Vatican City on Wednesday. The College of Cardinals is preparing for a conclave to elect the next pontiff, after days of funeral rites and observances conclude. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Cardinal electors attend the papal conclave inside the Sistine Chapel on April 18, 2005. Pool/Getty Images Europe hide caption
Word of the Week: The papal ‘conclave’ is secretive. The word's origin explains why
People stood in a line that snaked across St. Peter's Square to pay their respects to Pope Francis. His funeral could become a significant political event, with sensitive meetings on the sidelines. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption
Pope Francis visits Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington in 2015 in Washington, DC. David Goldman/Getty Images hide caption
A man holds up a phone for Father Gabriel Romanelli, Parish Priest of the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family, to have a video conference call with Pope Francis as the latter blesses the congregation during Christmas Eve mass at the church in the Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on December 24, 2024. OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Members of the clergy celebrate Mass for the late Pope Francis at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City on Monday. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Christians in Gaza say they feel 'orphaned' by the death of Pope Francis
In this photo from files taken on April 18, 2005, and released by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Cardinals walk in procession to the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, at the beginning of the conclave. Uncredited/AP hide caption
Pilgrims arrive in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Francisco Seco/AP hide caption
A photograph of Pope Francis is placed at Saint Anthony Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, April 21. Khalil Hamra/AP hide caption
What's next for the Catholic Church after the death of Pope Francis
Pope Francis waves to worshipers at the end of the weekly general audience on April 3, 2019 at St. Peter's square in the Vatican. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Newly elected Pope Francis I speaks to the waiting crowd from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica in March 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images hide caption
Pope Francis waves to thousands of followers as he arrives at the Manila Cathedral on Jan. 16, 2015, in Manila, Philippines. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images hide caption
Pope Francis drives through the crowds during the Inauguration Mass for the Pope in St. Peter's Square on March 19, 2013, in Vatican City, Vatican. The mass was held in front of an expected crowd of up to one million pilgrims and faithful who filled the square and the surrounding streets to see the former Cardinal of Buenos Aires officially take up his role as pontiff. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption