Pope Francis (inset) holds a mass in Tacloban City, Leyte amid pouring rain on Jan. 17, 2015 (AP) TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte--House Speaker Martin Romualdez paid one final tribute to the late Pope Francis, who was laid to rest on Saturday,...
President Marcos got to have short exchanges with United States President Donald Trump and former US president Joseph Biden as they attended Pope Francis' wake at the Vatican on Saturday, April 26. SHORT MEETING — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. exchange pleasantries with US President...
Tacloban City mass for Pope Francis (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte--As the mass in remembrance of Pope Francis ended here, the funeral for the late Pontiff began over at Piazza San Pedro (Saint Peter’s Square) in...
Former senator and senatorial candidate Bam Aquino remembered Pope Francis and his life of service to the poor as he bid farewell to the pontiff who will be laid to rest on Saturday, April 26, at 3 p.m. (Manila time). Former senator Bam Aquino's close encounter with Pope Francis (Photo from...
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...
