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Rabbi John Linder reflects on his meeting with Pope Francis, who died on April 21. The meeting at the Vatican focused on supporting vulnerable populations in Arizona, especially immigrants.
Editor's note: Official funeral plans have been announced for Pope Francis. Click here for the latest on Tuesday, April 22. After a final appearance at St. Peter's Square following Easter Mass ...
Pope Francis' funeral ceremony will be held at 10:00 a.m. local time on Saturday, April 26 in Vatican City. Here's how to watch it in the US.
The coffin of Pope Francis is carried up the steps of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore after the pontiff's funeral ceremony in St. Peter's Square, in Rome, April 26, 2025.
The Brief The funeral for Pope Francis is Saturday at 10 a.m. local time in St. Peter’s Square, led by the dean of the College of Cardinals. Cardinals are meeting to plan the funeral, organize ...
ABC will begin coverage of Pope Francis’s funeral at 3:30 a.m. EST. ABC News Live, a digital channel available on Hulu and Disney+, will also carry live on-the-ground coverage of the funeral.
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis will be laid to rest Saturday after lying in state for three days in St. Peter’s Basilica, where the faithful are expected to flock to pay their respects to ...
For example, Pope Francis chose the same three Bible readings for his funeral — Acts 10: 34-43; Philippians 3:20-4:1; and John 21: 15-19 — as were used during the funeral for Pope John Paul II ...
Francis’s funeral will be held at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City at 10 a.m. local time Saturday. Tens of thousands of mourners, including President Donald Trump, are expected to attend.
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio to Regina Maria Sivori and Mario Jose Francisco in Argentina, died on Monday, April 21, 2025, of a stroke and cardiac arrest, according to the Vatican.
Pope Francis' funeral begins in Vatican City at 4 a.m. ET on Saturday and will end with his burial in Rome. Here's what to know about the day's events — and how Francis is breaking with tradition.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and President Donald Trump, talk as they attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican, April 26, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office) ...