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A few years ago, Pope Francis blessed the preferences for Jesuit ministries worldwide — showing the way to God through the ...
The funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday, April 26 and the BBC will be changing their Saturday morning TV schedule to show it ...
President Droupadi Murmu will visit Vatican City for a two-day visit from April 25 – 26 to attend the State Funeral of Pope ...
Pope Francis introduced changes to the papal funeral rites in 2024 which were aimed at simplifying the ceremonies.
The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.
Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, with his funeral due to take place on Saturday morning at St Peter’s Square in Rome ...
More than 50,000 mourners have already visited St Peter's Basilica to pay their respects, where Francis lies in state in a ...
The Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected turnout from mourners across the globe, closing the basilica for just an hour ...
Francis died Monday morning at the Domus Santa Marta hotel where he lived at the Vatican. His death came almost a month after ...
On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat is joined by the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and the editor of ...
A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...
India on Thursday declared that state mourning will be observed on April 26 in honour of the funeral of His Holiness Pope ...