US president Donald Trump has arrived at the Vatican ahead of Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday morning. He will attend with first lady Melania Trump. Approximately 170 world leaders are expected to ...

The basilica will be kept open until at least midnight on Thursday to allow the faithful to mourn. Francis' funeral will be ...

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 ...

Pope Francis introduced changes to the papal funeral rites in 2024 which were aimed at simplifying the ceremonies.

Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers took the body of the late ...

POPE Francis’ funeral will be held on Saturday morning, the Vatican has announced. The service will be led at 10am local time ...

Rome is always teeming, and Easter usually kicks off the long tourist season. Up to 250,000 are expected to attend the Pope's ...

Pope Francis speaks to the faithful at the end of a mass in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday, April 6, 2025, part of the jubilee of the sick and the health workers. (AP Photo/Andrew ...

US President Donald Trump has already said on social media that he and his wife Melania plan to attend the funeral.

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Vatican announces pope's funeral ...