Pope Francis

Pope Francis. (File photo) The death of Pope Francis in an Italian hospital on 21 April 2025 marks the end of a significant era for the Vatican and the global Catholic following of 1.3 billion faithful. The first pope from the Americas and also the first to come from outside the west in the…

Tributes pour in for Pope Francis, a progressive who reshaped the image of the Catholic Church, after his death aged 88. Pete Hegseth shared Yemen strike information in a Signal chat with his wife and brother. And Trump’s tariffs have small business owners in this Atlanta town worried they’ll be…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Pope Francis would be remembered for his efforts to build “a more just, peaceful and compassionate world.” “Today, the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis,” von der Leyen wrote on X, shortly after the Vatican announced the pontiff’s death at the…

Pope Francis delivers his annual ‘State of the World’ address to members of the Vatican diplomatic corps in January. (Photo: The Vatican) Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires in 1936, died on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025, aged 88. The symbolism was impossible to ignore: the head…

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at his residence in the Casa Santa Marta within Vatican City Just a day before his death, the Pontiff made a public appearance during Easter Sunday celebrations at St. Peter’s Square after surviving double pneumonia Two…

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Just hours before Pope Francis' death on Easter Monday, US Vice President JD Vance became the last known world official to meet the pontiff alive. It was a brief but poignant encounter that now carries historic weight. Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, met the 88-year-old Pope at his…

By  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated : , ,   The text of the announcement of the death of Pope Francis , which was read Monday by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo, from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived. Farrell was accompanied by Cardinal Pietro Parolin,…

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By Oluseye Ojo The Lead Visioner, Lagos4Lagos Movement, and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly known as JANDOR, has condoled with Christians, especially Catholic faithful in Lagos State and around the world, on the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88. Pope…