The Pope is dead: What happens next?

"We ask the Lord and the head of the Church to send us a new successor of Peter who will gather the flock of God like a good shepherd"

(PerMariam) — What happens now that Pope Francis has died? The Church of course commends the soul of the late pope to prayer, as She Herself begins the process of looking for the new successor of St. Peter, but what are those steps?

Following Pope Francis’ death at 7:35 am Monday morning, the ancient custom of a papal funeral and conclave begun once agai…