The Vatican estimated some 200,000 people had gathered at the start of the service. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

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Italian and Vatican authorities have placed the area around St Peter’s under tight security ahead of the funeral. Read more ...

Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.

Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday (April 26) in St Peter's Square, Roman Catholic cardinals decided on Tuesday, ...

Pope Francis confirmed in his final testament - released by the Vatican just now - that he wished to be buried in Rome's ...

Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday in St Peter's Square, Roman Catholic cardinals decided on Tuesday (Apr 22), ...

Behind closed doors, lobbying has been under way among small groups of like-minded cardinals for several years, with protagonists occasionally bringing in a couple of “outsiders’’ (often newly ...

By bno - Surabaya Office Singapore’s top leaders have paid heartfelt tributes to Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21 at the age of 88, following a brief period of illness, The Straits Times ...

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