A few years ago, Pope Francis blessed the preferences for Jesuit ministries worldwide — showing the way to God through the ...

Pope Francis' funeral will happen five days after the Vatican announced his death at 88 years old on April 21, the day aft er ...

Pope Francis died at 7:35 a.m. (Rome time) on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025 at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s ...

The funeral for Pope Francis is scheduled to take place on Saturday morning in St. Peter’s Square, capping off a week of ...

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.

The funeral of Pope Francis will be livestreamed Saturday, April 25, on YouTube and available for free in multiple languages.

The basilica will be kept open until at least midnight on Thursday to allow the faithful to mourn. Francis' funeral will be ...

Public visitation will come to an end Friday, April 25 before a funeral for Pope Francis takes place Saturday in St. Peter's Square.

The Vatican subsequently released Francis’ testament, dated June 29, 2022, confirming that he wished to be buried in the ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

Atleast 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs have confirmed attendance at the Pope’s Funeral scheduled on Saturday, the Vatican has said. Pope Francis’ coffin is lying in state at St Peter’s for ...

More than 50,000 mourners have already visited St Peter's Basilica to pay their respects, where Francis lies in state in a ...