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Pope Francis’s body arrived at Saint Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to lie in state before his weekend funeral. The late pope’s open...

Pope Francis died of a stroke, causing a coma and “irreversible” heart failure, according to his death certificate released by the...

The April 21 death of Pope Francis triggered a period of mourning in the Catholic Church, but also kick-started the race for his successor. Whether...

US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Monday ordering US flags to be flown at half-staff to honor Pope Francis after the Argentine...

World leaders remembered Pope Francis as “a beacon of compassion,” as the death on Monday of the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion...

Pope Francis’s body will be laid in a coffin in the chapel at the Saint Martha residence where he lived at 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Monday, the...

Here are some key dates in the life of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, who died on Monday aged 88:   – December...

The Eiffel Tower’s landmark illuminations will be switched off on Monday night in memory of Pope Francis who died aged 88, Paris mayor Anne...

A mass for Pope Francis will be held Wednesday morning at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said. In a WhatsApp...

Pope Francis’s medical team had to decide whether or not to continue treatment after the 88-year-old suffered a serious breathing crisis in...

Pope Francis was breathing without a mask on Tuesday after suffering two bouts of acute respiratory failure, the Vatican said as the leader of the...

Pope Francis has approved the canonisation of two new saints from his hospital bed, the Vatican said Tuesday, as the 88-year-old pontiff, who has...