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The words ring true for life, not just football ... thousands of people in St Peter's Square in Vatican City. When succeeding Pope Benedict XVI in 2013, Francis created history as the first ...

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Pope Francis smiles after celebrating Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.(AP) Upon his ascension to the papacy, the late pontiff chose the name Francis in honour of St. Francis of ...

Most popes are buried underneath St Peter’s Basilica, but Pope Francis decided in 2022 that he should be buried away from the Vatican, in the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome. Pope Francis ...

He became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and elevated to cardinal in 2001 by St. John Paul II. He was elected the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, on the fifth ballot. FILE – Pope Francis ...

ROME — Top-flight football matches in Italy and Argentina were postponed after the death of Pope Francis on Monday. The Buenos Aires club that the Argentine pontiff supported throughout his life ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Father Geoff Rose, president of St. Francis de Sales, says Pope Francis was a rare leader who showed us how to be better people. “I just think humility defined his papacy ...

From Argentine compatriots Lionel Messi and the late Diego Maradona to Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gianluigi Buffon, Francis received the greatest stars of football at the Vatican, signing dozens of ...

Pope Francis made a brief appearance on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter's Square as he continues his recovery from a near-fatal bout of double pneumonia. "Brothers and ...