In a small ceremony, Vatican officials followed the path long taken when a pope dies. By Alan Yuhas Before mourners in their thousands gather in St. Peter’s Square to grieve, before leaders from ...

Pope Francis thanked his personal nurse for encouraging him to greet the crowds in St Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday, according to the Vatican, which said that these were among his last words.

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. The pope's last public appearance was on Easter Sunday at St. Peter's Square. Vice President JD Vance had just met with the pope on Sunday.

Following Pope Francis’ death at age 88 on Easter Monday, the Vatican carried out the first stage in the papal funeral rites, called “the rite of the ascertainment of death and deposition in ...

Pope Francis’ last words before his death on Monday were an expression of thanks to his personal nurse and caregiver, Massimiliano Strappetti, the Vatican revealed Tuesday while describing the ...

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The Vatican is sharing new details about Pope Francis' final hours before he died of a stroke early on Monday, April 21. Among his final words in the day before dying, the church said, were "thank ...

Following Pope Francis's death on Easter Monday, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican's camerlengo, announced the news and assumed leadership during the 'sede vacante.' Farrell will oversee the ...

Pope Francis did not attend the Vatican’s official meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Saturday, instead having his No. 2 deliver a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement.

“At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father,” said Cardinal Farrell, an Irish American who, as camerlengo, will run the ordinary affairs of the ...

In addition to leading the Catholic Church, the pope is also the head of Vatican City, a 100-acre sovereign state located in the heart of Rome. As the world mourns Pope Francis, here's what to ...