Pope Francis’ funeral is taking place at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. World leaders including President Draupadi Murmu, Donald Trump, Zelensky, and Prince William are in attendance. The papal conclave to elect the next Pope will follow, with discussions about potential successors from Asia or Africa. The funeral involves a traditional three-coffin burial practice…
Priests, pilgrims and cardinals dressed in black robes and red sashes mixed in the streets of the Vatican on Thursday as tens of thousands of Catholics paid their respects to Pope Francis and preparations for his funeral accelerated. The church also released the first image of the pope’s tomb — a simple, undecorated affair in…
With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, Roman Catholics around the globe will start speculating on who among the red-robed cardinals will succeed him. Given the nature of cardinal appointments Francis made during his papacy, there will inevitably be some expectation that the Argentine pontiff’s successor will be another non-European,…
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Pope Francis was seen with a significant bruise on his chin on Saturday, but presided over a ceremony to install new cardinals without apparent problems. A Vatican spokesman said later on Saturday that the bruise was caused by a contusion on Friday morning, when Francis hit a night stand with his chin. The pontiff, who…