Five days after his death, the funeral of Pope Francis took place Saturday, April 26, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square. About 50 heads of state attended the ceremony, including French President Emmanuel ...

Document] The Urbi et Orbi message delivered this Easter Sunday was the final message of Pope Francis, who died Monday morning, April 21. Deeply spiritual yet also political, the pope expressed his ...

The coffin of Pope Francis was sealed around 8 p.m. Friday, concluding a day of final tributes as about 250,000 faithful have filed past since Wednesday at the Vatican ahead of Saturday’s funeral Mass ...

Pope Francis, who died April 21, brought synodality back to the heart of the church. He saw in it a way to make each believer ...

In Rome, April 23, after the transfer of Francis’ body to St. Peter’s Basilica, thousands of pilgrims came to pay their ...

Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, April 21 at the age of 88, will be laid to rest Saturday, April 26 at 10 a.m., ...

Long engaged with the World Council of Churches, Jane Stranz, pastor of the United Protestant Church of France, looks back on ...

Pope Francis will be laid to rest April 26 at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major, in keeping with his final wishes. The decision breaks a 300-year tradition of papal burials at St. Peter’s Basilica in ...

Cardinal François Bustillo of Ajaccio, Corsica, who will participate in the conclave, shared with La Croix his memory of Pope ...

During his papacy, Pope Francis—who died April 21—tirelessly advocated for peace in the face of what he relentlessly decried ...

The funeral of Pope Francis, scheduled Saturday, April 26, will draw at least 130 foreign delegations to the Vatican, ...

After the day’s crowds dispersed, St. Peter’s Basilica stayed open through the night from Wednesday to Thursday, April 23 -24 ...