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Choosing Pope Francis' successor is a mix of tradition and necessity. There have been 266 popes in the Catholic Church's roughly 2,000-year history, which spans three millennia. With the death of ...
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.
After Pope Francis’s death at the age of 88, the process of electing the next pontiff will begin. Cardinal electors, the vast majority of whom Francis appointed, will choose a candidate under ...
Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd in St. Peter’s Square before his inauguration mass on May 18, 2025. AP During the Mass, Leo appeared to choke up when the two potent symbols of the papacy were ...
Pope Francis’ funeral will take place on Saturday in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the Vatican announced on Tuesday, and will feature simpler rituals in keeping with the more down-to ...
The Vatican office that manages investments and real estate properties on Tuesday reported a profit of 62 million euros ...
Pope Francis appears on a balcony as the “Urbi et Orbi” (“To the City and to the World”) message is delivered, at St. Peter’s Square, on Easter Sunday, in the Vatican, on April 20, 2025.