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You can read the English translation of the prepared text of the homily, delivered in Italian by Cardinal Giovanni Battista ...

He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal.” In other words, any candidate seen as the frontrunner before ...

On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered at the Vatican for the funeral of Pope Francis, who died last week at ...

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying the ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

The Vatican has announced the date of the conclave to elect a new pope. According to Reuters, it will begin on May 7.

The late pontiff was laid to rest on Saturday after a funeral Mass in St Peter’s Square that drew world leaders and hundreds ...

TV host John Oliver joked about the Pope dying the day after meeting US vice president JD Vance.Pope Francis died on Easter Monday (21 April) from a stroke and heart failure, with his funeral on ...