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...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The World Food Program says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory. Youth take part in the "Run the Wall" activity to raise...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview published Friday that “Crimea will stay with Russia," the latest example of the U.S. leader pressuring Ukraine to make concessions to end the war while it remains under siege. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The day before he died, in his final public address, Pope Francis expressed an Easter Sunday message of unity and an appeal for the marginalized and migrants. “All of us,” he proclaimed, "are children of God!” FILE - Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump, left, on...
In this photo provided by the Royal Thai Police, a small police plane is seen crashed into the sea, killing multiple people on board, in Prachuab Kiri Khan province, western of Thailand, Friday, April 25, 2025. (Royal Thai Police via AP) BANGKOK (AP) — A small police plane crashed into the...
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...
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...
President Donald Trump, right, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, July 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Even in the realm of Donald Trump's long-preferred style of punch-through-the-static communication, this was quite...
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...
FILE - American Airlines passenger jets prepare for departure, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, near a terminal at Boston Logan International Airport, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) Major U.S. airlines are reducing their flight schedules and revising or withdrawing their profit outlooks for the...
