Pope Francis

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…

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Church, has died, the Vatican has announced. Francis died at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta on Easter Monday, the Vatican's news service said, after suffering a stroke and irreversible heart failure. He was 88. "Dearest brothers and…

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff and a transformative figure in the Roman Catholic Church, died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025. The Vatican confirmed his passing in a video statement, announcing that the Holy Father died peacefully at his residence in Casa Santa…

Born in Buenos Aires on December 17, 1936, to Italian immigrant parents, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was drawn to religious life from an early age. He studied in Argentina and later in Germany before being ordained as a Jesuit priest in 1969. Unlike many Vatican figures, he had little international exposure…

Just before his passing, Pope Francis shared one final message with the world—a message filled with hope, peace, and love for all humanity. Though weak and seated in a wheelchair, the Pope appeared at St. Peter’s Basilica on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, and waved to thousands of faithful gathered…

Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on Monday aged 88. The Argentine pontiff, leader of the Catholic Church since March 2013, spent 38 days being treated for double pneumonia at Rome's Gemelli hospital before seeming to recover and leaving the facility…

Pope Francis, the beloved leader of the Catholic Church known around the world for his humility, compassion, and fierce advocacy for the poor, has died at the age of 88. The Vatican confirmed his passing early Monday morning. The news was announced by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who shared with emotion:…