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Pontifical Swiss guards stand outside the St. Peter’s Basilica, in St. Peter’s Square, where the body of Pope Francis will ...
Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...
The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...
The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one, involving sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots with ...
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday (April 26) and released images of the pontiff ...
A look back at Francis’ appointment as pope in March 2013. When Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a cardinal from Argentina, was ...
Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday, April 21, at the Vatican at age 88 -- the day after Easter ...