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As many as 200,000 people are expected to attend the funeral, which Francis choreographed himself when he revised and ...
The office of President Zelensky shared a picture of Trump and Zelensky engaged in conversation at St. Peter’s Basilica.
Over three days this week, more than 250,000 people stood for hours in line to pay their final respects while Francis’ body lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Pope Francis was laid to rest Saturday at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome after dying at 88 years old on April 21.
Efforts to fix the Vatican’s broken finances helped restore confidence among big givers. But the work isn’t finished.
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World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful have said farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral that highlighted his ...
Pope Francis's funeral honored his legacy with symbolic items like his miter, crozier, rosary, fisherman's ring and more. Here's what each represents.
Some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral Mass and tens of thousands more lined the motorcade route, clapping and cheering “Papa Francesco” as his simple wooden coffin travelled aboard one of his old ...
As part of Francis’ push to simplify the papal funeral rites, his body is in a single wooden coffin lined with zinc, rather ...
During Pope Francis' funeral Mass, a litany of saints was sung, a meditative chant that forms part of the traditional rites. This was followed by a blessing from Eastern rite Catholic churches, ...