Pope Leo XIV will give his first Sunday blessing and address to a crowd in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican today. He will recite the Regina Caeli prayer, in honour of the Virgin Mary, in his first public address since his election was announced with white smoke on Thursday. After delivering Sunday mass, Pope...
The new pope Robert Prevost will be known as Pope Leo XIV – the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the Catholic Church. Two years ago, Pope Francis chose him to replace Marc Ouellet as prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops, handing him the task of selecting the next generation of bishops....
Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent BBC/ Natalie Thomas Cardinal David, one of three Filipino cardinals taking part in the conclave, was appointed by Pope Francis “Not even in my wildest imagination did I think this would happen,” said Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, describing the day he found out that he had been appointed a...
John Sudworth North America correspondent MacPherson family Alexa MacPherson (left) was sexually abused from the age of three by Priest Peter Kanchong (right) As 135 cardinals meet in Rome to decide the next pope, questions about the legacy of the last one will loom large over their discussions. For the Catholic Church, no aspect of...
Pope Francis, who died on April 21, was a rare beacon of hope for many Palestinians in the long months of the Gaza genocide. The pope refused to be silent on Gaza. For 18 months, he made nearly daily video calls in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, including recent calls he made from his hospital...
Reuters The late pope was laid to rest at the Santa Maria Maggiore church in a private ceremony following his public funeral on Saturday Images of Pope Francis’ tomb at the Santa Maria Maggiore church in Rome have been released. A single, white rose was pictured lying on the stone tomb that bears the name...
Eve Watson BBC News, South West Jenny Hayward-Jones Jenny Hayward-Jones wanted to attend the funeral and travelled from Totnes A woman from Devon has queued from the early hours of the morning to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in Vatican City. The funeral and burial took place on Saturday with about 250,000 people in attendance around...
Politicians and royalty joined thousands of mourners as Pope Francis’ funeral was held in St Peter’s Square. Later, huge crowds lined the streets of Rome to watch as the Pope’s coffin was carried in a procession to his final resting place, Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica. Video edited by Serene Khalifeh Read full article at source...
Large crowds of people have lined the streets of Rome to watch Pope Francis’ coffin be carried from the Vatican to his final resting place at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. The Pope died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 and one of his final requests was that he be laid to...
Catholic communities across the South West are remembering Pope Francis on the day of his funeral. Pope Francis died at 07:35 local time on Monday after a final public appearance for an Easter Sunday blessing at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square. His funeral is at 10:00 BST. Canon Mark O’Keeffe, Dean of Plymouth Cathedral, said...
Pope Francis refused to heed advice to slow down in his final few years, preferring to “die with his boots on”, according to a close aide. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican’s foreign minister since 2014, said the Pope was driven to carry on because he knew he had...
BBC News correspondent Maryam Moshiri explains why the late Pope Francis won’t be buried in the Vatican, breaking a 100-year-old tradition. Instead, on Saturday he will be buried at one of Rome’s four major basilicas and one of the oldest in the city – the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Read full article at source...
David Willey, who spent decades reporting from Rome for the BBC, reflects on the transformation of the Vatican under Francis – the eighth Pope of our former correspondent’s lifetime. I have suddenly realised with something of shock that I am already not only four years older than the late Pope Francis, but that my own...
The Prince of Wales will attend the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, Kensington Palace has announced. Prince William will represent the King and will join world leaders, including UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, US President Donald Trump and France’s President Macron, at the funeral service at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. King...
the Visual Journalism team BBC News Getty Images The Vatican has released several photographs of Pope Francis lying in an open coffin in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, his former residence. We’ve taken a look at who was in the chapel and some of the symbolism on show in the images. Getty Images...