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Incense, bells and Swiss guards: the procession bringing Pope Francis to lie in state
Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers brought the late pontiff ...
The new leader of the Catholic Church will inherit a financial mess that Pope Francis spent much of his reign trying to fix
Pope Francis said that for his spiritual message to be credible, the Vatican’s finances had to be credible as well.
St. Peter's Basilica opens to the public to pay their respects to Pope Francis before his funeral
The Vatican opened St. Peter’s Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with ...
Pope Francis’ last words revealed as Vatican describes his final hours
Pope Francis expressed heartfelt words to his personal health care assistant before his death in the early morning hours of ...
How Pope Francis’ early life in Argentina shines light on his time in the Vatican
Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...
Pope Francis, in some of his last words, thanked nurse for chance to greet Easter crowd, Vatican says
Among Pope Francis' last words were "thank you" to his personal nurse, for encouraging him to greet crowds in St. Peter's ...
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While Pope Benedict XVI resigned, Francis saw his duty to be 'ad vitam'
While Francis kept open the possibility, and even had a resignation letter prepared, he said more recently that he believed ...
Pope Francis' conservative critics had a unique way to oppose him: a retired pontiff
Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...