The country made a commanding entrance at the opening ceremony of the 3rd Gulf Beach Games in Oman ... by beach soccer icon Hussein Al Dosari, who carried the national flag.

Pope Francis is being laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as pastor: Presidents ...

to deliver flowers to be placed before the icon. He returned April 12 to pray before the Madonna for the last time. The world reacts Bells tolled in chapels, churches and cathedrals around the world ...

Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father. His entire life was ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated many conservatives with critiques of ...

“Pope Francis was a humanitarian icon of the highest caliber,” Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam, said in a ...

The Vatican said the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart failure. Francis had chronic lung disease, and he was admitted to a hospital on Feb. 14, 2025, for a ...

Flags across UK ordered to fly at half-staff British authorities ... “Pope Francis was a humanitarian icon of the highest caliber, sparing no effort in serving the message of humanity,” Sheikh Ahmed ...

“Pope Francis was a humanitarian icon of the highest caliber,” Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam, said in a statement. Flags flew at half-staff in ... Church in the United Arab Emirates, ...

Flags across UK ordered to fly at half-staff British authorities ... “Pope Francis was a humanitarian icon of the highest caliber, sparing no effort in serving the message of humanity,” Sheikh Ahmed ...