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The first American pontiff in the 2,000 years history of the Roman Catholic Church offers a simple vision for the future: build bridges and receive each ...

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This is how Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu, Latin Rite Archbishop ... the capital Tehran to the traditional seat of ...

World leaders pay respects: The roughly two-hour funeral in St. Peter’s Square featured an elaborate set of rituals and was attended by more than 100 delegations, including world leaders and ...

The gathering of the faithful generates heavy traffic in town, especially on Sunday as worshippers from around the world to ...

Dozens of heads of state attended the funeral service for Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, at St. Peter’s Square today. Follow here for the latest.

The funeral Mass for Pope Francis has concluded at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican City. Cortege wound its way through the centre of the Eternal City to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where ...

Proceedings began at 10am local time (9am BST) with the service taking place at St Peter's Basilica in front of 200,000 Catholic mourners - with millions more watching across the world ...