United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and United States (US) President Donald Trump will join world leaders and thousands of mourners who will attend the funeral of Pope Francis at

Over 100 leaders of American tertiary institutions have signed onto a joint statement opposing what they term unprecedented government overreach and political interference by the administration of US President Donald

The Israeli government shared and then deleted a social media post offering condolences over the death of Pope Francis, without saying why, though an Israeli newspaper linked the decision to the late

On Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 10:00am the first day of the Novendiali (nine days of mourning), the Funeral Mass of the Roman Pontiff Francis will be celebrated on the

Pope Francis’ funeral will be held on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square, Roman Catholic cardinals decided on Tuesday, setting the stage for a solemn ceremony that will draw leaders from

Archbishop Wilfrid Napier of the Roman Catholic Church in Durban says cardinals will start convening today in Rome to discuss the process of electing a new Pope. The Head of

Cardinals are due to meet today to plan Pope Francis’ funeral, which leaders from around the world will attend ahead of a conclave next month to elect a new head

Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), whose annual gathering of business and political leaders in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos became a symbol of globalisation, has

After spending more than five weeks in hospital for a bout of double pneumonia, doctors told Pope Francis he needed two months’ rest – but the leader of the world’s

President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the late Pope Francis as a person who advanced a worldview of inclusion, equality and care for marginalised individuals and groups. Ramaphosa is among many