Associated Press reporter Nicole Winfield, who covered Pope Francis at the Vatican during his entire pontificate, earned the nickname “la prima della classe” -- or “the first in class” -- from him in 2018
April 25, 2025
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April 25, 2025
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Francis’ coffin is currently lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica. After his funeral on Saturday, which will largely be held outside in St. Peter’s Square and will be attended by 130 delegations including 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs, a procession will take his body from that basilica to the pope’s final resting place at Santa Maria Maggiore. Ivan Rodriguez reports from Rome.
April 25, 2025
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April 25, 2025
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April 25, 2025
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April 25, 2025
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April 24, 2025
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April 24, 2025
After so many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open overnight, the lines of mourners waiting to pay their last respects have continued to file past his coffin
April 24, 2025
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April 24, 2025
Pope Francis died quickly on Monday morning from an unexpected stroke without suffering undue pain, and there was nothing that doctors could have done to
April 24, 2025
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April 22, 2025
From patrols on the River Tiber to surveillance drones and snipers deployed around St.
April 24, 2025
Cardinals in meetings ahead of the start of a secret conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are scratching the hair under their red skull caps as
April 24, 2025
Mourners stood in line for hours on Thursday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state in St.
April 24, 2025
In the poor Zavaleta district of Buenos Aires, amidst precarious houses and narrow alleys, Marina Ayala walks the same streets Pope Francis walked during
April 24, 2025
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April 24, 2025
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April 24, 2025
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April 24, 2025
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke, setting off mourning in the Catholic world and days of ritual at the Vatican
April 21, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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April 24, 2025
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April 24, 2025
Pope Francis’ beloved soccer club in his native Buenos Aires, San Lorenzo, has celebrated a Mass dedicated to its most famous fan two days after his death, with Argentina still awash in emotional tributes to the first Latin American pontiff
April 24, 2025
Pope Francis, who died Monday after serving as pontiff for 11 years, energized a traditionalist movement within American Catholicism that gained strength throughout his papacy. Pope Francis’ emphasis on inclusion, climate change, and migrants clashed with conservative Catholic sensibilities in the U.S., leading to a decade of tension that transformed the American church. When Pope Francis assumed leadership in 2013, many American Catholics anticipated his focus on inclusivity and ministry to marginalized communities would revitalize the church. Instead, his progressive approach galvanized conservative Catholics, strengthening resistance among the American church hierarchy, elected officials, and congregants. “Pope Francis changed all that,”
April 23, 2025
Under a basilica’s splendor, thousands gather for a final glimpse of a pope who led a simple life
April 23, 2025
Thousands of people poured into St.
April 23, 2025
Thousands of people have begun filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his funeral
April 23, 2025
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April 23, 2025
Video shows moments of the procession transferring Pope Francis' coffin from the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta residence, where he lived during his papacy to St. Peter’s Basilica, where he will lie in state before his funeral on Saturday.
April 23, 2025
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April 23, 2025
Most major nations will be sending heads of state or government, or royalty, to Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday, but Israel will be represented only by
April 23, 2025
Pope Francis had a nightly ritual for the last 18 months of his life; calling Gaza’s only Catholic Church throughout the war. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond spoke to the church’s priests about their special bond with the pope.
April 23, 2025
The body of Pope Francis was moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public mourning for an Argentine pontiff remembered for his humble style, concern for the poor and insistent prayers for peace
April 23, 2025
The Philippines began a period of national mourning for Pope Francis on Wednesday, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordering flags on all state buildings across the staunchly
April 23, 2025
Christians from around the world prayed for Pope Francis at a solemn Mass on Wednesday at Jerusalem's centuries-old Church of the Holy Sepulchre following
April 23, 2025
A devout Roman Catholic couple in East Timor has seen firsthand two popes visit their tiny Asian country and now they are praying
April 23, 2025
As the Vatican prepares for the secret meeting of cardinals who will pick a successor to Pope Francis, forget - to some extent - what you may have learned
April 23, 2025
No one knows who the world's Catholic cardinals will choose to succeed Pope Francis as the new leader of the global Catholic Church.
April 23, 2025
Argentine priest Guillermo Marcó, a close ally to Pope Francis and his spokesman for years when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, is confident that the
April 23, 2025
Maria Pia Caruso travelled to Rome from her hometown in northern Italy after she learned Pope Francis had died at age 88, to say a final
April 23, 2025
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April 23, 2025
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April 23, 2025
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April 23, 2025
Taiwan's former Vice President Chen Chien-jen will attend Pope Francis' funeral, Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, adding that he will go as the envoy of Taiwan President
April 23, 2025
A former Taiwan vice president will attend this weekend's funeral of Pope Francis as the special envoy of President Lai Ching-te, the island's foreign ministry said on Wednesday
April 23, 2025
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April 23, 2025
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