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Cheering crowd at 800-year-old cathedral enjoys Plague of Angels gig, which had been branded ‘deeply inappropriate’Protests at one of the most controversial concerts of the year, labelled “shocking and deeply inappropriate”, failed to materialise on Fr…
They date back to the 16th century when mercenaries first served Pope Julius II and form the world’s smallest armyWith their feathered helmets, ruffled collars and coloured, puffed-sleeve uniforms, the Vatican Swiss Guards are often likened by curious …
More than 150,000 mourners have queued for hours to pay respects to pontiff before coffin is sealed on FridayPope Francis obituaryEurope live – latest updatesMore than 150,000 people from all over the world have viewed Pope Francis’s body as the Vatica…
More than 60,000 people have viewed body of late pontiff since Wednesday morning, says VaticanThousands of mourners lined up for hours on a second day to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis’s body, after St Peter’s Basilica stayed open all night to cope wi…
Pope’s simple open casket lies on main altar of St Peter’s Basilica as mourners say: ‘It’s a privilege to be here’ Thousands of people queued for hours under the hot spring sun in St Peter’s Square on Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Franc…
Defence and security mechanisms are deployed across Rome as authorities expect crowds of up to 200,000 peoplePope Francis’s funeral – latest updatesDespite Pope Francis’s desire for a simple and comparatively low-key send-off, those tasked with organis…
Francis will lie in state for three days at St Peter’s Basilica before funeral is held on Saturday. This live blog is closedThe coffin makes it way through the Vatican towards St Peter’s Basilica, accompanied by the choir’s singing, starting with Psalm…
New taskforce demands names in rooting out ‘policies, procedures … or understandings hostile to Christian views’ The veterans affairs department (VA) is ordering staff to report colleagues for instances of “anti-Christian bias” to a newly established t…
Pope Francis, head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88. This live blog is closedThe Vatican also confirmed that Pope Francis’s coffin will be transferred to St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning, w…
Locals hail pontiff’s work in city’s poorest neighbourhoods – but express sadness that he never came back as popeBefore he left Argentina and moved to Italy to become pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio would visit the country’s villas miserias, not in a car f…