Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Vatican Friday for a last glimpse of Pope Francis's open coffin, as world leaders and other guests began arriving for his funeral. Around 150,000 people ...

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A higher-than-expected turnout prompted the Vatican to extend the basilica's opening hours overnight. The Vatican said Friday that some 150,000 people had paid their respects to Francis ...

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Credit - Adek Berry—AFP/ Getty Images When Pope Francis died on Monday, governments around the world swiftly issued glowing tributes to the late Catholic leader and Vatican head of state.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s board of trustees has made a decision: Kansas City’s premier art museum, centered in a Beaux-Arts building about to hit 92 years old, is expanding to the west ...

Vatican City — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher ...

(RNS) — Pope Francis reshaped the church’s financial structures, but internal resistance and ailing revenues mean the new pope will have plenty more to do. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis ...

As world leaders, Catholic faithful and cardinals from around the globe travel to the Vatican this week to mourn Francis, talk of his successor has also begun. The Conclave — made all the more ...

The Vatican shared Pope Francis’ last words in his final hours before he died of a stroke on Monday, April 21. According to the Vatican’s press office, Francis said “thank you” to his ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Monday morning (April 21, 2025), Irish-born American Cardinal Kevin Farrell, took over as the acting head of the Vatican. He is the ‘camerlengo’ or the ...

open image in gallery The body of Pope Francis is placed in an open casket during the rite of the declaration of death (Vatican Media) The first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church died ...