4 d. ago Pope Leo XIV lays a white rose on the tomb of the late Pope Francis as he pays touching tribute to his predecessor

Vatican News published a photo of the white-robed pope kneeling before Francis's marble tomb at the basilica in central Rome, where the faithful are still queueing to pay their respects.

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6 d. ago Pope Leo XIV’s first speech in full as new pontiff declares ‘evil will not prevail’

Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to Pope Francis and thanked cardinals who elected him after two days of voting

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6 d. ago Pope Leo XIV makes moving tribute to his predecessor Pope Francis in first speech

On Thursday evening Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto St Peter's balcony to greet the crowds gathered in the square - and the world - for the first time as the 267th pope

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6 d. ago Pope Leo makes moving tribute to his predecessor Francis in first speech as the Holy Father: Read full transcript

Robert Prevost gave a heartfelt appraisal to Pope Francis, who died aged 88 on Easter Monday last month, as he addressed adorning crowds in Rome after being unveiled as the 267th pontiff.

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1 week ago Trump uses National Day of Prayer to insult Biden, spread election lies and claim he was sent by god

‘This is a religious ceremony but that's part of the religion, because if your taxes go up 68 percent you might give up your religion,’ the president told the crowd

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2 w. ago Trump warns ‘nothing will stop me’ at rally to celebrate 100 days in office

President holds campaign-style event in Michigan, attacks Democrats and ‘communist’ judges, and repeats 2020 election lieDonald Trump has celebrated his 100th day in office with a campaign-style rally in Michigan and an attack on “communist radical left judges” for trying to seize his power, warning: “Nothing will stop me.”The president also served up the chilling spectacle of a video of Venezuelan immigrants sent from the US to a notorious prison in El Salvador, accompanied by Hollywood-style music and roars of approval from the crowd. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The ‘rat person’ trend is here – and I thoroughly approve | Arwa Mahdawi

Do you like sleeping, eating and scrolling? Me too. What if I told you this was also a way to protest capitalism?Somewhere in Zhejiang province, China, a woman is living my dream. She gets up in the morning and then, almost immediately, goes back to bed. She lies prostrate all day long, scrolling, eating some food, opening some packages, showering at 2am, then snoozing again. As a longtime sleep enthusiast – and the mother of a child who thinks that 5am is a good time to start the day, all systems go – I think this sounds like bliss.The woman in Zhejiang is known as @jiawensishi – and also “rat person”. I am not being rude; that’s what she calls herself. There are lots of rat people out there: it’s a whole trend in China. You might have heard of the “lying flat” movement a few years ago, when young people lazed around displaying symptoms of mild depression, and some thinkers, including the novelist Liao Zenghu, theorised that it was a passive-aggressive resistance movement, rebellin...

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2 w. ago Giro d’Italia to pay tribute to Pope Francis with stage start in Vatican City

The Italian grand tour begins in Albania on 9 May

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2 w. ago Pope Francis buried with heartwarming note in final tribute to late Pontiff

Deed placed in coffin recalls ‘a simple and much-beloved pastor’ who loved the poor

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2 w. ago Pope Francis funeral: World stops to pay tribute to 'people's pope' as world leaders join hundreds of thousands of mourners in Rome before his final popemobile ride

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, led the service, addressing hundreds of thousands of people gathered in St Peter's Square.

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2 w. ago Pope Francis to be buried with heartwarming note in final tribute to late Pontiff

Deed honouring Francis’s life recalls ‘a simple and much-beloved pastor’ who loved the poor

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2 w. ago Pope Francis funeral: Donald Trump arrives to pay tribute to 'people's pope' as world leaders join the hundreds of thousands gathering in Rome for emotional service

The U.S. president is joined by his wife, Melania, in the Vatican City, among some 170 heads of state or government in attendance.

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2 w. ago Letter from the Pope gave Renfrew man 'hope' to fight rare genetic brain disease

Michael Conway paid tribute as he revealed a special connection with the late Pope Francis which gave him hope to fight Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD).

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2 w. ago Edinburgh Archbishop shares personal tribute to 'passionate' Pope Francis

The Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh also described the late pontiff as "warm" and "always humorous".

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2 w. ago Pope Francis funeral guest list is revealed as world leaders fly into Rome and faithful queue for last chance to see his open coffin with 130,000 already bidding farewell

Hundreds of high-profile delegations are arriving in Rome today ahead of Pope Francis' funeral as thousands of Catholic faithful queue to pay their respects.

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2 w. ago Archbishop Martin pays tribute to Pope Francis at special mass

The Catholic Archbishop of Armagh said the Pope wanted to ‘reach the hearts of those who are spiritually poor’.

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3 w. ago Thousands queue to pay tribute to Pope Francis on first day of lying

Throughout the day people filed past the coffin, some blessing themselves with the sign of the cross or pausing briefly in prayer.

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3 w. ago North Lanarkshire Provost pays own tribute to Pope Francis following Pontiff's death

Provost Kenneth Duffy has expressed his condolences following the passing of the Pontiff.

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3 w. ago Model whose risqué photo was 'liked' by Pope Francis account pays emotional tribute

Natalia Garibotto, who has over 2.4million followers on Instagram, had one of her photos "liked" by Pope Francis' official account five years ago, prompting an investigation

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3 w. ago Pope Francis I mourning live: Thousands queue to pay respects as Pontiff's body on display ahead of funeral

The Pope will be moved from his chapel resting place this morning to a public viewing platform in St Peter's Basilica, where he will lie until his funeral on Saturday

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