Vatican City: A group of poor people will welcome late Pope Francis’s body at St Mary Major where he will be buried Saturday, the Vatican said Thursday. The body will be taken from St Peter’s, where he has been lying in state and viewed by tens of tho…
Vatican City: Pope Francis’s tomb has been made of Ligurian marble and only bears the inscription Franciscus, his name in Latin, the Vatican said Thursday. The tomb is set to host the body of Pope Francis next Saturday in the Basilica of Santa Maria M…
Emilia-Romagna: Juvenile Crime Centre interim Director Antonio Pappalardo was removed from his post Thursday after calling Pope Francis an anti-pope. Last Tuesday, the head of the Justice Ministry’s Department of Juvenile and Community Justice, Antoni…
Vatican City: Over 48,000 people have paid their respects to Pope Francis as his body lies in state at St Peter’s Basilica. The Vatican reported that 48,600 visitors came to honor the late pope between the opening of the cathedral to the public at 11:…
Jerusalem: The Ambassador of Italy to Israel, Luca Ferrari, participated in the solemn annual ceremony of Holocaust Remembrance Day, in the presence of the Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, the Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, and all the highest ci…
Rome: Italian prisons administration DAP stated on Thursday that it is open to granting permission to prisoners to attend Pope Francis’s funeral at St. Peter’s on Saturday. The administration has expressed its full availability to provide special imme…
Vatican City: Father Arturo Sosa, the head of the Jesuit order, expressed his views on the qualities desired in the next pope during a press conference. He emphasized the need for a pope with universal vision, similar to Pope Francis, but cautioned ag…
Vatican City: Huge crowds continued to queue outside Saint Peter’s Basilica on Thursday to pay homage to Pope Francis as his body lies in state for the second day after tens of thousands did so on Wednesday.
According to Ansa News Agency, some 48,60…