Pope’s funeral: Vatican braces for huge crowds

Agence France Presse 04/25/2025

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — The Vatican will make final preparations Friday for Pope Francis’s funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners file through St Peter’s Basilica to view his open coffin. Many of…

Pope Francis’s funeral: who’s attending?

04/25/2025

The Vatican on Thursday said at least 130 foreign delegations had confirmed their attendance at Pope Francis’s funeral, including 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs. Here is a list of VIP guests whose offices have…

LIVE UPDATES: Pope Francis dies at age 88

04/25/2025

Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. The Argentine pontiff, leader of the Catholic Church since March 2013, spent…

Pope Francis: What to know about his death

Associated Press 04/25/2025

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after a papacy of 12 years. Here are the key things to know about the death of the Argentine pontiff, the first from…

Yolanda victims remember day Pope Francis brought hope

04/24/2025

Tacloban, Philippines – Fourteen months after the deadliest storm in Philippine history, Pope Francis stood on a rain-swept stage to deliver a message of hope to the battered town of Tacloban. It was desperately needed, mayor Alfred…

Pope Francis now in St. Peter’s Basilica

Associated Press 04/24/2025

VATICAN CITY — Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday, the start of three days of public viewing ahead of the pontiff’s…

Pope Francis death: Marcos declares 4 days of national mourning

Agence France Presse 04/23/2025

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos on Wednesday declared four days of national mourning in the Philippines, Asia’s Catholic bastion, over the death of Pope Francis. The Philippine flag will be flown at half-mast at all government…

Pope Francis funeral: World leaders set to attend as cardinals gather

Agence France Presse 04/22/2025

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Cardinals were meeting Tuesday to set the date for Pope Francis’s funeral, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said they would attend to honour the Catholic…

Pope Francis: Filipino celebrities pay tribute – ‘May he rest in peace’

Shakira Clea Laurente - CTU Tuburan Intern 04/22/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local celebrities have taken to social media to express their grief over the passing of the Argentine pontiff. Pope Francis, who became the head of the Catholic Church in March 2013, was a…

Pope Francis an inclusive, progressive pope – Cebuano Catholic

Immae Lachica 04/22/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Pope Francis, the “People’s Pope” is now in the loving arms of our Creator as Catholics and non-catholics around the world mourn the passing of the head of the Catholic church. After spending 38…

Pope Francis pushed himself knowing he ‘did not have long left’: Vatican source

Agence France Presse 04/22/2025

Pope Francis looked visibly drained when he drove around St Peter’s Square in his popemobile on Easter Sunday, cheered by a rapt crowd in what became his final public appearance. Aged 88 and weakened by five weeks…

Pope Francis, a boy: School nuns say ‘One isn’t born a saint’

Agence France Presse 04/22/2025

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — At the school in Buenos Aires where he started his religious journey at the young age of 5, the nuns remember the boy who would later become Pope Francis as “mischievous.” A boisterous…

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