Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the biggest crisis of his papacy, and one that eventually set the Catholic Church on a new ...

Priests pray during a requiem mass for the late Pope Francis at the St. George Cathedral in Beirut, 22 April, 2025 ...

The Pope's body will be available for visitation for three days and will be displayed in a wooden coffin, wearing a red ...

Church records show that only three men born in Africa or of African descent have been pope, in the 2nd, 4th and 5th ...

Senior Vatican Cardinal Pietro Parolin led a rosary prayer at the St Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Tuesday evening, ...

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The body of Pope Francis is now lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica. The pontiff’s mortal remains, lying in an open wooden ...

Follow our live feed showing the transfer of Pope Francis' coffin to St Peter's Basilica at the heart of the Vatican City.

Pope Francis’ body will be moved to St. Peter’s Basilica to lie in state allowing the Catholic faithful to pay their respects ...

Following his death on Monday, Pope Francis' body has been taken to lie in state at the basilica. Mourners will be able to ...