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About 250,000 mourners in Vatican City fell into hushed silence on Saturday morning as the funeral for Pope Francis began. The church choir echoed through loudspeakers across the city-state. Some ...
Cardinals will meet next month to pick Francis' successor, deciding if the new pope should continue with the late pontiff's push for a more open Church or cede to conservatives who want to return to a ...
President Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social Monday – following news of Pope Francis's death – that he and ...
White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic Church.
Off St. Peter’s Square next to the Vatican, a 19th-century palace was converted in 2020 into a homeless shelter by Pope ...
"At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father." Where will Pope Francis be buried? What happens after his death? Here's what to know. His death begins ...
At the Consistory of Feb. 21, 2001, John Paul II named him a cardinal. Pope Francis was first admitted to Rome's Agostino Gemelli Hospital Feb. 14 after battling bronchitis. He had been ...
Long Islanders were among those who packed St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City when Pope Leo was elected the first American ...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Rome to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration mass and meet with foreign leaders.