Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle (R) attends a rosary prayer next to a portrait of late Pope Francis at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome on April 24, 2025. The Vatican on April 24 said ...

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Pope Francis will be laid to rest on Saturday as scores of world leaders, church officials and mourners look on. Francis' funeral comes six days after Francis died of a stroke and heart failure at age ...

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Francis, 88, died on Monday at the Vatican. Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, was buried Saturday at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major after dying one week ago at 88 years old.

The next pontiff could come from Africa, Italy, or Sri Lanka — possibly even America — but it’s likely that whoever is elected to follow Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, will nudge the ...

The White House issued an official statement mourning the death of Pope Francis, who passed away early on Easter Monday morning after a prolonged period of illness. He was 88. "Rest in Peace, Pope ...

Pope Francis suffered a stroke about an hour after getting out of bed Monday morning and died within minutes — after spending his final days fighting “to the end to be with his people,’’ sources said.

Pope Francis, celebrated as a humble yet forceful pontiff, died on April 21 leaving behind a rich legacy of inclusion and activism. His leadership – of over some 1.4 billion Catholics globally – will ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis, who sought to be a bridge maker as he led the Catholic Church in a time of deep polarization, died at 7:35 a.m. on Monday (April 21), at the age of 88, a day after ...