Pope Francis in the Vatican on January 22, 2025. Picture: Andreas Solaro/AFP

POPE FRANCIS DIES: Vatican announces death of the pontiff aged 88

 05:08 21/04/2025

The head of the Catholic Church has died, aged 88, after a short battle with illness, triggering a global period of mourning.

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Pope calls on Timor-Leste to protect young from abuse

 08:05 09/09/2024

The Pope made the call as an abuse scandal involving one of the clergy hangs over his visit.

Pope Benedict XVI celebrating Mass in Washington in 2008. Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

Benedict’s Death Leaves Catholic Conservatives Bereft

 18:13 02/01/2023

Even after his resignation as pope, traditionalists invoked Benedict’s name and sought to draw him into internecine ideological wars. Now he is gone.
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Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95

 06:54 31/12/2022

Former Pope Benedict XVI has died, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health.
Pope Francis, suffering from a torn knee ligament, has frequently been seen using a wheelchair in recent weeks. PHOTO: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Pope Francis’s Canceled Travel Stirs Talk of Retirement

 06:39 12/06/2022

Immobilized pope recently named a slew of new cardinals, raising questions about succession
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