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Pope Francis' funeral has been scheduled for Saturday morning at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. EDT) at St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican announced Tuesday after a meeting of the College of Cardinals.
Pope Francis waving to attendees before a Mass in Cuba in 2015.Credit...Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times Supported by By The New York Times The life of Pope Francis, the first Latin ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, upheld it in others such as abortion, and made inroads with ...
Pope Francis made his final public appearance on Easter Sunday, one day before his death on Monday morning. The pontiff, who in his final weeks struggled to speak for long periods, used an aide to ...
Remembering the pope: Tributes have poured in from around the globe after the death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff. The pope died at his residence at Casa Santa Marta ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday: Background Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina ...
World leaders from around the globe released statements of mourning and remembrance on Monday in response to the death of Pope Francis, who passed away Monday morning at age 88. “Millions of ...
Pope Francis addressed a joint meeting of Congress in 2015. He was the first and only Pope to do so.Credit...Stephen Crowley/The New York Times Supported by By Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham ...
Pope Francis died at 88 on Monday — just one day after making an appearance at St. Peter’s Square in his final public appearance on Easter Sunday. Francis, 88, died of a stroke Monday after a ...
World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his ...
Reactions to the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday quickly began pouring into social media from around the world. Crowds flocked to the Vatican, while tributes went up in other locations ...
Francis’ funeral is set for 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Peter’s Square. He will lie in state starting tomorrow in St. Peter’s Basilica, where the faithful are expected to flock to pay their ...