‘He Was Like Family’: Faithful Descend on St. Peter’s Square for Pope’s Funeral
Cardinals, royals and heads of state attended. But many mourners, some of whom slept on the streets overnight, said they came for a pope who...
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Cardinals, royals and heads of state attended. But many mourners, some of whom slept on the streets overnight, said they came for a pope who...
President Trump, Melania Trump, Prince William and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine were among those who paid respects to the pontiff...
Two of the five popes before Francis have become saints, but merely serving as pontiff is no longer a guarantee of canonization.
A single image captures the subtle changes in how the Roman Catholic Church buries a pope.
A funeral will be held on Saturday for the pope, who changed the rules to make such ceremonies simpler than those traditionally observed.
In a small ceremony, Vatican officials followed the path long taken when a pope dies.
Jim Yardley, a former Rome bureau chief for The New York Times, witnessed Pope Francis’ transformation from an unlikely papal contender to a...