Pope Francis commemorative stamps released by PHLPost

Ma. Teresa Montemayor - Philippine News Agency 06/06/2025

MANILA – The Philippine Postal Corp. (PHLPost) released on Thursday a special commemorative stamp honoring the late Pope Francis to celebrate his legacy of faith, compassion, and service to humanity. In a news release, PHLPost Postmaster General and…

Africans say a Black pope would be nice. But they’re not too hopeful

05/05/2025

KAMPALA, Uganda — If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is a long shot, though some are cautiously optimistic that Pope Francis’ successor…

Cardinal accused of sex abuse challenges late pope’s sanction

05/02/2025

As Pope Francis’s body lay in state in the Vatican last week, one of the mourners — with eyes downcast and hands clasped — was a disgraced cardinal from Peru. Juan Luis Cipriani, once the most influential…

Cardinal Chito Tagle, the ‘Asian Francis’, is papal contender

04/30/2025

MANILA, Philippines — Asia’s front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the “Asian Francis.” Tagle, 67, who shares with Pope Francis a history of advocating for the…

Conclave politics begin with the question: Continue Pope Francis’ radical legacy or change course?

04/27/2025

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One of Pope Francis’ enduring legacies was that he greatly expanded the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, naming “princes of the church” from faraway countries that had never had one…

Funeral echoes Pope’s plea: ‘Bridges, not walls’

04/27/2025

VATICAN CITY — In front of hundreds of world leaders attending the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re called for care for migrants, an end to wars and action on global climate…

Pope Francis’ funeral: 250,000 mourners, world leaders pay tribute

Agence France Presse 04/26/2025

VATICAN CITY — Hundreds of thousands of mourners and world leaders including US President Donald Trump packed St Peter’s Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, “pope among the people” and the Catholic Church’s first…

Mourners applaud Pope Francis’ coffin as Vatican funeral begins

Agence France Presse 04/26/2025

VATICAN CITY — Tens of thousands of mourners and world leaders including US President Donald Trump packed St Peter’s Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, the champion of the poor and the Catholic Church’s…

Donald Trump in Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral

Agence France Presse 04/26/2025

ROME — US President Donald Trump arrived in Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis, where he will brush shoulders with an array of world leaders on the unexpected first foreign trip of his second…

About 250,000 pay last respects to Pope Francis in 3 days of public viewing

04/26/2025

VATICAN CITY — More than 250,000 people paid their last respects to Pope Francis over three days of public viewing by ordinary mourners, church and political leaders that ended Friday, when his coffin was sealed ahead of…

LIVE UPDATES: Burial of Pope Francis

04/26/2025

Get the latest updates on the burial of Pope Francis by bookmarking and refreshing this page. The beloved pontiff passed away on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 in Vatican City. His passing marks the…

Pope’s funeral: Vatican braces for huge crowds

Agence France Presse 04/25/2025

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — The Vatican will make final preparations Friday for Pope Francis’s funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners file through St Peter’s Basilica to view his open coffin. Many of…

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