Pope Francis

The Vatican has announced that the late leader of the Catholic community, Pope Francis will be laid to rest on Saturday, April 26. Recall that Pope Francis passed away in the early morning of Monday, April 21, after suffering from a stroke. The Catholic Pontiff’s death also followed his return…

The funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, the Holy See Press Office confirmed in a statement on Tuesday. The service will be a significant moment for the global Catholic community, as millions of faithful are expected to…

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Hong Kong CNN  —  As the world rushed to pay tribute to Pope Francis following his death, the response has been comparatively muted in China – an officially atheist state with millions of Catholics whose government has had a difficult and complex relationship with the Vatican. In the passing of…

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…