White smoke billowed from St. Peter’s Square, marking the election of a new Pope, an event that took St. Nicholas-St. Mary ...

Francis has only appeared in public a handful of times since returning to the Vatican on March 23, after a 38-day hospital stay Pope Francis waves to crowds at Vatican's Easter Sunday open-air ...

Mourners packed into St Peter’s Square, many kneeling on the black cobbles, matching spiritual grief with physical suffering as the sun beat down on the Vatican funeral of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis was buried inside his favourite Rome church after a funeral mass in St Peter's Square, the Vatican said on Saturday. The funeral of Pope Francis began today at 1:30 pm (IST ...

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According to CBS News, The Vatican announced that approximately 250,000 mourners have paid their respects to Pope Francis during the past three days of public viewing at St. Peter's Basilica.

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — From nuns in black-and-white habits to suited dignitaries and ordinary faithful in baseball caps, a multitude gathered in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ funeral on ...

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 ...

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to be present around St Peter’s Square for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday. The 88-year-old had served as head of the Catholic Church since ...