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Chimney up, Sistine Chapel primped as cardinals prepare to elect next pope
Members of the Vatican’s fire brigade were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Friday, Rome time, attaching the chimney ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Vatican Pope Congregation of Cardinals
Cardinal Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe arrives at the Vatican, Saturday, May 3, 2025, to attend the General Congregation of ...
Vatican firefighters install a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for the papal election
Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...
Giro d'Italia cycling race to go inside the Vatican's walls in homage to Pope Francis
The Giro d’Italia will pay homage to the late Pope Francis by passing through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica and in front of the Santa Marta hotel — where Francis lived — during the ...
Pope Francis’ funeral through the eyes of Reuters photographers
Photographers flew in from as far away as Brazil and Doha to join Reuters’ visuals team in Rome. Some had covered the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005, which meant they could anticipate some of ...
Conclave to elect a new pope will start on May 7
The video above aired on April 24, 2025. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the ...
Catholic faithful pay respects to Pope Francis as his tomb opens to the public in Rome basilica
Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St.
Pope Francis’s tomb seen for first time in images released by Vatican
Pope Francis’s tomb seen for first time in images released by Vatican - The pontiff was laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of ...
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The Latest: Francis is remembered as a ‘pope among the people’ as he is laid to rest
Francis is breaking with recent tradition and will be buried in the St. Mary Major Basilica, where a simple underground tomb ...