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Vatican keeps St. Peter's open all night as hundreds of thousands come to view Pope Francis
The basilica will be kept open until at least midnight on Thursday to allow the faithful to mourn. Francis' funeral will be ...
Vatican may extend hours as huge crowds line up to honor Pope Francis
A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...
When Does the Conclave Start? Vatican Process to Choose New Pope Explained
The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the new bishop of Rome.
Trump steps from the cloister to shake hands with world leaders in Vatican City
Trump is only the second sitting U.S. president to attend a papal funeral — and comes against the backdrop of the U.S.’s increasingly isolationist posture.
Vatican reporter, St. Charles native shares insight from Rome on the pope's funeral, conclave
"It was just a gorgeous farewell from the city of Rome, from all these young people," the St. Charles native said. "I admit I shed a few tears in the press pool... .
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The Vatican: a papal powerhouse, world’s smallest state
The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem ...
'One on one': Donald Trump meets with Volodymyr Zelensky in Vatican City
Sky News host Danica De Giorgio discusses the “spiritual cathartic moment” as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with ...
Among the meek and the mighty, Catholics bury their ‘people’s pope’
The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...