July 8, 2013. Francis’s first official trip as pope was to Lampedusa, a small Italian island near North Africa that has become a key landing point for migrants and asylum seekers crossing the ...

By Nov. 13, the pope’s official Instagram account, @franciscus, had liked the photo — though it was unliked one day later, after the Catholic News Agency reported on it and asked for comment ...

The date has not been set yet, but according to the latest provisions adopted by Francis for the death of a Pope, the funeral must be held between Friday and Sunday.This Tuesday, there is a first ...

Pope Francis was not laid out freely and openly on a so-called catafalque like most of his predecessors, but - as was his wish - in a coffin. A catafalque, sometimes also called a viewing bed in ...

A woman holds a picture of Pope Francis reading in Italian "Farewell Francis, thank you His Holiness, today all the people cry for you" in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after Cardinal ...

Pope Francis waves from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica following his election March 13, 2013. March 13, 2021, marked the eighth anniversary of the Argentine cardinal's election as pope.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the peripheries and reflected ...

The most profound images and words of Pope Francis’ Canada trip (so far) Gerard O’Connell July 27, 2022 Pope Francis visits the Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage site in Alberta, Canada, Tuesday, July ...

Francis’s body is dressed in red robes, like those of deceased popes before him. The white papal miter, the traditional headdress worn by bishops, is on his head, signifying his status as the ...

Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston as they arrive for a meeting in the synod hall at the Vatican Feb. 13, 2015. O'Malley delivered a lecture, part of the Bergoglio Lecture ...

Pope Francis has shown this apostolic audacity, giving off-the-cuff interviews in which some things were formulated in confusing ways, washing the feet of incarcerated Muslim girls on Holy ...