Pope Leo XIV receives a pink jersey from the hands of RCS president Urbano Cairo (AP) VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV blessed the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday as the three-week race’s final stage began with an unprecedented ride through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica. After entering the Vatican, […]
Pope Leo XIV is set to hold his first private meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday, shortly after his installation mass, according to Vatican officials.“The martyred Ukraine is waiting for negotiations for a just and lasting peace to finally happen,” the pontiff stated prior to the scheduled meeting.The Ukrainian President joined other global […]
ROME : US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the Vatican could be a venue for Russia-Ukraine peace talks, taking up the Holy See’s longstanding offer after Pope Leo XIV vowed to personally make “every effort” to help end the war. Speaking to reporters in Rome before meeting with Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the […]
Pope Leo XIV will greet the crowd from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, leading a prayer to the Virgin Mary in his second official public appearance since becoming the leader of the Catholic Church.The noon (1000 GMT) prayer is expected to draw thousands of people anxious for a closer look at the […]
Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel‘s chimney on the first day of the papal conclave, signalling that no new pope had been chosen. The smoke indicated an unsuccessful first ballot by the cardinals gathered in Vatican City to elect the next leader of the Catholic Church.The smoke rose at 9 pm, local time on […]
A humble coffin, a grand farewell: 400,000 mourners and world leaders pay final respects to Pope Francis Source link
The official programme of the ceremonies for Pope Francis: 9:00 am IST St Peter’s Square opens. 1:00 pm IST US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive in St Peter’s Square. 1:30 pm IST The funeral mass begins. It will be presided over by Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the College of Cardinals. […]
Before mourners in their thousands gather in St. Peter’s Square to grieve, before leaders from around the world arrive to pay their respects, and long before cardinals cloister themselves to consider the future, the Vatican holds a small ceremony when a pope dies. It did so again around 8 p.m. Monday when, just over 12 […]
Guesses about who will be the next Roman Catholic pope often prove inaccurate. Before the selection of Pope Francis in 2013, many bookmakers had not even counted him among the front-runners. This time, predictions are further complicated because Francis made many appointments in a relatively short amount of time during his tenure, diversifying the College […]
Vatican releases first images of Pope Francis in open coffin (Picture credit: AP) The Vatican on Tuesday published the first photo and video of Pope Francis lying in repose, showing the late pontiff in an open coffin dressed in red liturgical vestments, a mitre on his head and a rosary placed in his hands. The […]
