Proceedings began at 10am local time (9am BST) with the service taking place at St Peter's Basilica in front of 200,000 ...

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Presidents, prime ministers and cardinals are among those bidding a final farewell to a religious leader described as "a pope ...

Two of the five popes before Francis have become saints, but merely serving as pontiff is no longer a guarantee of ...

Tens of thousands of young people who had planned to attend the canonization of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, ...

More than 200,000 people filled St. Peter’s Square for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday as the world said goodbye to ...

In a solemn and majestic funeral that ended moments ago, the Roman Catholic Church laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South ...

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The 42-year-old future king arrived in St. Peter’s Square just after 9:30 a.m. local time without his wife Kate Middleton.

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The Vatican now reports that the number of people present at the end of Pope Francis' funeral is more than 250,000.