Pope Francis

Pope Francis The funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday at 10:00am (0800 GMT) in the square in front of St Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. The coffin of the Argentine pontiff, who died on Monday aged 88, will then be taken inside the church and…

Pope Francis' funeral will be held in St Peter's Square from 10am local time (4am ET) Saturday, the Vatican announced on Tuesday.The big picture: The Vatican also released the first images of the late leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics in an open casket with a rosary placed…

Pope Francis’ journey from the streets of Flores, a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to the Vatican, is a remarkable tale. Born in 1936, Jorge Bergoglio was raised in a middle-class family of Italian Catholic immigrants. Bergoglio defied his mother’s wish for him to become a medical doctor and chose…

April 22, 2025 His papacy set many new precedents for the church, and his successor will be chosen from a group that he himself quietly transformed. Like his namesake, Pope Francis focused on those on the margins. (Franco Origlia / Getty) On Easter Monday, following a heroic struggle to live…

The images were taken in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, Francis’ residence at the Vatican where he died on Monday, age 88. Cardinals met on Tuesday to set the date for Pope Francis’ funeral, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy said they…

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at his home in Vatican City. Just one day earlier, he had appeared at St. Peter’s Square during the Easter celebration, waving to the crowd, even though he was recovering from double pneumonia. Now that Pope…

Former President Muhammadu Buhari says Christians in Nigeria and across the world will miss the exemplary leadership of Pope Francis. The Vatican on Monday morning announced the Pope’s death at 88, adding that he died of a cerebral stroke and heart failure. In a statement issued by Garba Shehu, his…

The Catholic Broadcast Commission of Nigeria (CBCN) has announced that only one Nigerian cardinal is currently eligible to vote in the election of a new Pope. In a statement shared on its official Facebook page, the CBCN identified His Eminence, Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke, 62, Bishop of Ekwulobia, as the…

Pope Francis Monday’s four sched­uled matches in the top flight of Italian football have been postponed, following the death of Pope Francis. The Vatican announced on Monday morning that Pope Francis had died at the age of 88, having recently been dis­charged from hospital following five weeks of treatment for…

live Pope Francis, just days before his death, at mourners in St Peter's Square (Image: GETTY) Pope Francis thanked his nurse for taking him on what would be his final ride in the pope-mobile to greet the Catholic faithful in St Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican has revealed.…