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More than 250,000 mourners gathered in St Peter's Square to pay their respects to the Argentine pontiff who died from a ...

Leaders from across the world attended late Pope Francis’ funeral at St Peter’s Square. Among them was US President Donald ...

The Liturgy of the Eucharist is being read at the funeral of Pope Francis -- which is where bread and wine are consecrated, becoming the body and blood of Jesus Christ. It is a central act of worship ...

Pope Francis is being laid to rest on Saturday following his death at the age of 88, with tens of thousands of mourners ...

Following Pope Francis' death, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Prince William and more public figures gathered in Vatican City for ...

World leaders, cardinals and at least 200,000 of the faithful are expected to gather in the Vatican on Saturday morning to ...

The clash in style between Donald Trump and Pope Francis and their positions come into focus as the president travels to ...