Vatican Master of Ceremonies Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli covers the face of late Pope Francis with a silk cloth before closing his casket in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Friday, April 25, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP) VATICAN CITY (AP) — More than 250,000 people paid their last...
President Marcos and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos arrived in Rome on Friday, April 25, for the funeral of Pope Francis at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Saturday. Malacañang, Manila Bulletn file photos In a report by GMA Integrated News, the First Couple shared a few words about the late...
Pope Francis prays in front of the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File) JERUSALEM (AP) — Hours after Pope Francis' death was announced, Israel's Foreign Ministry posted a short message on X: "Rest in peace, Pope Francis. May his memory...
The Popemobile used by Pope Francis during his 2015 papal visit to the Philippines is displayed outside Quiapo Church in Manila on April 25, 2025. Often called the “Pope Jeep,” the popemobile is currently being toured at the request of various churches to honor his memory. A standee of Pope...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and VATICAN MEDIA Nuns wait before a rosary prayer outside the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, where the late Pope Francis will be buried, in Rome, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru) VATICAN CITY (AP/Vatican Media) — Heads of state and royalty...
By DEVIN WATKINS, Vatican Media Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, will preside at the Rite of Sealing of the Coffin of the late Pope Francis during a liturgical rite at the St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday, April 25, at 8:00 p.m. ahead of the papal funeral on...
A pair of shoes like the ones regularly worn by Jorge Bergoglio are displayed at Muglia shoe store in the Flores neighborhood where the late Pope Francis grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The man who...
The tomb of Pope Francis in the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Vatican News) By EDOARDO GIRIBALDI, The Vatican News Pope Francis’ tomb in the Basilica of St. Mary Major has been made with materials from the Italian region of Liguria. It is a simple tomb bearing only the inscription...
Capt. Manuel Antonio “Skee” Tamayo and Pope Francis To us Filipinos, Pope Francis was Lolo Kiko, the term of endearment chanted by Typhoon Yolanda's victims and survivors as he emerged smiling from an improvised stage, drenched and seemingly unmindful of the worsening weather, exactly 10 years,...
CEBU CITY – The world is mourning the death of Pope Francis but the passing of the well-loved pontiff cuts deeper for this Cebuana businesswoman. BUSINESSWOMAN Fe Mantuhac-Barino (left) is greeted by Pope Francis during their 2017 encounter. (Contributed photo) As she grieves the death of the...
Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen, attends a Mass at the Holy Cross Church in Hong Kong on May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen was allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope Francis' funeral in Vatican City....
People queue to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis, who will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica for three days, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP) VATICAN CITY (AP) — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a...
