4 h. ago Pope Francis’s public viewing turnout keeps St. Peter’s open all night

The basilica is bathed in a hushed silence as mourners from across the globe make a slow, shuffling procession up the main aisle to pay their last respects.

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20 h. ago Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to represent Canada at Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will not be taking time away from the federal election campaign to attend the funeral for Pope Francis.  He says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will represent Canada alongside a senior delegation at the Vatican ceremony on Saturday.  A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister’s Office says the rest of the […]

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23 h. ago Pope Francis lies in state as thousands gather to pay respect in Rome

Thousands gathered in Rome on Wednesday to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who will lie in state for three days at St. Peter's Basilica ahead of his funeral.

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26 h. ago Body of Pope Francis on display at St. Peter’s Basilica for public to pay final respects

The public viewing is largely for ordinary Catholics to grieve the 88-year-old pope, who died Monday after suffering a stroke

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52 h. ago Pope Francis’ funeral to be held Saturday, with public viewing starting Wednesday

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will be laid to rest Saturday after lying in state for three days in St. Peter’s Basilica, where the faithful are expected to flock to pay their respects to history’s first Latin American pontiff. The cardinals met Tuesday in the Vatican’s synod hall to chart the next steps before a […]

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3 d. ago Pope Francis’s memoir illustrates the ‘messy’ challenges he faced and the contradictions of being human

Metaphor of the shipwreck narrowly avoided and bad luck begetting greater, good fortune extended beyond Pope Francis's life

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7 d. ago Hudson's Bay location in Ontario would be torn down for huge 11

An Ontario mall anchored by a recently shuttered Hudson's Bay location will be totally demolished to make way for an enormous new community with 11 towers.Pre-application plans revealed in April highlight plans to redevelop a portion of the Burlington Centre mall lands at 777 Guelph Line, just the latest in a series of planned and active mall redevelopments reshaping the region's retail landscape.A numbered corporation has submitted plans that would see the mall's former Hudson's Bay location and an Active Green + Ross service centre razed and replaced by a collection of high-rise towers centred around a new public park.Google Street ViewThe Turner Fleischer Architects-designed community would create its own localized skyline on the north side of Prospect Street at Dynes Road, with the proposed buildings ranging in height from 23 up to 37 storeys.A whopping 3,476 residential units are planned across the site, along with almost 7,280 square metres of new retail space.Concept plans in...

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