Crowds are continuing to gather to pay their respects to Pope Francis. The late pontiff, who died on Monday, is currently lying in state in an open coffin in St Peter’s Basilica. He will remain there until his funeral on Saturday. The BBC’s Sarah Rainsford said mourners were taking their chance “to say goodbye”. Read...
Getty Images Cardinal Nichols turns 80 in November – the cut-off age for cardinals to be able to vote for a new Pope The leader of the Roman Catholic church in England and Wales has said he definitely will not be the next pontiff, but is looking forward to the “intimidating” duty of choosing Pope...
Laura Gozzi BBC News, in Rome EPA Every time Pope Francis came back to Rome after a trip abroad, he made sure to pay a visit to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. It was a fitting choice: Francis was particularly devoted to the Virgin Mary, and Santa Maria Maggiore was the first church to...
Sarah Rainsford and Laura Gozzi Reuters The pontiff’s body, laid out in an open coffin, was moved to the church in a formal procession The body of Pope Francis has been moved from his Vatican residence to St Peter’s Basilica to allow the faithful to pay their respects before his funeral on Saturday. The Pope’s...
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Yolande Knell BBC Middle East Correspondent Getty Images For months, Pope Francis called almost nightly to check in on the people sheltering at the Holy Family Catholic Church “As-salaam Alaikum” or “peace be upon you,” Pope Francis ventured in Arabic while talking to parishioners in Gaza earlier this year. A short video released by the...
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...
Aleem Maqbool BBC Religion Editor Getty Images Pope candidates (left to right) Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, cardinal Pietro Parolin, cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, and cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu Who will be the next pope? The decision could have a profound impact on the Catholic Church and the world’s 1.4 billion baptised Roman Catholics. It...
Pope Francis’s funeral will take place on Saturday at 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT) in front of St Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican says. The date was decided after cardinals met in Vatican City on Tuesday morning to discuss the funeral’s timing. Ahead of the funeral, Pope Francis’s body will lie in an open casket in...
Veronica Smink BBC News Mundo, Buenos Aires Getty Jorge Bergoglio was archbishop of Buenos Aires before he was elected Pope When the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, left Argentina’s capital to participate in the Vatican conclave to elect Pope Benedict XVI’s successor, he did not know it would be the last time...
As the world mourns the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church faces a critical moment in choosing its next spiritual leader. Three African cardinals from DRC, Ghana and Guinea are among the contenders for the papacy so could the continent provide the first black Pope of modern times? The Archbishop of Abuja Ignatius Kaigama...
The death of Pope Francis, aged 88, dominates the front pages of the major UK papers. “Groundbreaking” head of Catholic Church “revered by millions” dies, the Guardian reports. A “conclave” will follow, which is “the secret process for choosing a successor”, as detailed later in the paper. The Guardian also writes that the UN’s humanitarian...
Pope Francis visited the US, Mexico and Canada on different occasions before his death at the age of 88. During his trip to the US in 2015, he became the first pontiff to address a joint session to Congress. In a trip to Canada in 2022, the Pope delivered a formal apology for the Catholic...
Vatican says Pope Francis died of stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure. Read full article at source...