Cardinal Pacelli, now Camerlengo (Chamberlain) of the Holy Roman Church, was given the Ring of the Fisherman from the Pope’s finger. Placed in a red silk bag, the ring was later broken ...

When a pope dies, after the camerlengo certifies the passing, the pope's ring is removed and destroyed to mark the end of his ...

Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...