The pope’s funeral, according to strict protocol, is to be followed two to three weeks later by the secretive conclave, in which 135 cardinals from around the world gather in the Sistine Chapel to ...

Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle (R) attends a rosary prayer next to a portrait of late Pope Francis at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome on April 24, 2025. The Vatican on April 24 said ...

Francis, 88, died on Monday at the Vatican. Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, was buried Saturday at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major after dying one week ago at 88 years old.

Pope Francis will be laid to rest on Saturday as scores of world leaders, church officials and mourners look on. Francis' funeral comes six days after Francis died of a stroke and heart failure at age ...

WASHINGTON – Barack Obama was moved by Pope Francis’ moral perspective on world problems. Donald Trump said the pontiff made him more determined than ever to pursue peace. And Joe Biden said Francis ...

The pope was formally pronounced dead by the cardinal camerlengo — currently Irish-born American Kevin Farrell — who is one of the most important Vatican officials during the interregnum period.

In light of Pope Francis’ death on April 21, Catholic authorities are preparing the much-anticipated process to decide upon his successor. However, many people are wondering about a more burning ...

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Pope Francis, celebrated as a humble yet forceful pontiff, died on April 21 leaving behind a rich legacy of inclusion and activism. His leadership – of over some 1.4 billion Catholics globally – will ...

The chapel next to where Francis was being buried is home to a Byzantine-style icon of the Madonna, the Salus Populi Romani. Francis was particularly devoted, and reportedly would pray before the icon ...