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Pope Francis died of a stroke on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the Vatican aged 88. READ: LIVE UPDATES: Pope Francis dies at age ...
Upon his election to the papacy, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to hail from Latin America. His impact, though, ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...
Those being considered as the next Pope are listed in alphabetical order. According to the French press, he is known in some domestic Catholic circles as John XXIV, in a nod to his resemblance to Pope ...
The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a respiratory infection for weeks.
A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...
Francis, the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88 after suffering a ...
Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller presided over a noon Mass on Monday at San Fernando Cathedral to honor the pope.
An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...
Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...