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Incense, bells and Swiss Guards: The procession taking Pope Francis to lie in state
Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers took the body of the late ...
Successor talk swirls as 61,000 pay homage to Pope Francis: Live updates
Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who ...
Watch as thousands queue to see Pope Francis lying in state for second day
Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.
Pope Francis died quickly and without suffering, his doctor says
Pope Francis died quickly on Monday morning from an unexpected stroke without suffering undue pain, and there was nothing ...
Everything we know about the funeral of Pope Francis
Although Pope Francis simplified the papal funeral rites in a move of typical modesty, Saturday’s ceremony will still be full ...
Pope Francis sought to make LGBTQ+ people more welcome, but church doctrine didn’t change much
The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still ...