We were all shocked when Pope Francis died the day after Easter. We had just seen him the day before, giving the Urbi et Orbi Blessing from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and then moving through ...

Italian cardinal Giovanni Battista Re (L) officiates the mass in front of the coffin of late Pope Francis, during the funeral ceremony at St Peter’s Square at the Vatican on April 26, 2025.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re eulogized Pope Francis at his funeral, calling him "a pope among the people, with an open heart towards everyone." Latest U.S.

In the will, dated June 29, 2022, Pope Francis wrote that with the "feeling that the sunset of my earthly life is approaching," he wished to express his preferences for his burial.

Police officers gathered near St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of the funeral Mass of Pope Francis. REUTERS “He gave everything, gave all of himself, up to the end,” said Ballarini.

Global tributes are being paid after Pope Francis died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at Casa Santa Marta, a guesthouse at the Vatican.

Pope Francis describes death as a "beginning" in a text to be published this week, Italian media reports From CNN’s Sharon Braithwaite and Antoinette Radford ...

The Vatican released the text of Pope Francis' final testament, ... Pope Francis led evening prayers at St. Patrick’s Cathedral during his 2015 visit to the U.S. Share.

A woman offers a prayer before a portrait of the late Pope Francis before a special noon Mass at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul on Monday, April 21, 2025. (John Autey / Pioneer Press) ...

Pope Francis died of cerebral stroke and heart failure: Vatican doctor. Vatican publishes death certificate, pontiff’s request to be buried at Basilica of St Mary Major in Rome.

In one of his last public acts, Pope Francis gave a message of hope and peace in his Easter Sunday speech at the Vatican only hours before his death.

Pope Francis publicly acknowledged that this Lenten season is a time of healing for his soul and body. On Sunday, the Vatican released the text of Francis' prepared Sunday Angelus prayer. It is ...