Cardinals pray at Pope Francis’s tomb as conclave preparations begin
Monday, 28 April 2025 () ROME – After attending Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday and as they begin pre-conclave meetings to discuss the state of the world and the church ahead of electing his successor, the world’s cardinals gathered at Francis’s tomb to pray. Speaking to journalists ahead of an April 27 Vespers service at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major,
Pope Francis' tomb inside the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome is revealed on the first day it opens for public viewing. Francis was buried in an alcove of the church, becoming the first pope in more than a century to be interred outside the Vatican. The tomb simply bears his papal name in...
World News Report: Leaders from around the world attended the funeral of the former head of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis will be remembered for inserting himself into political matters like..
Thousands of faithful gather at Pope Francis' final resting place in Rome basilica
People lined up from the early hours of Sunday for a farewell to Pope Francis at his simple tomb in the Papal..
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Members of the public queue to visit Pope Francis's tomb at the Roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore as it opens to the public for the first time. It comes a day after 400,000 lined the streets of..
[New Era] Vatican City -- With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within days to... allAfrica.com