Even before Saturday's funeral service for Pope Francis at the Vatican, the leader known as "the People's Pope" had already broken with some traditions in the ways pontiffs are laid to rest.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who led the funeral service, presided over the solemn proceedings. The service was attended by world leaders, clergy, and thousands of mourners. Presidents, prime ...

Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump had a "very productive" meeting before Pope Francis' funeral today ... received an applause as he arrived at the service following a few confusing hours ...

where tens of thousands of mourners gathered to give a final send-off to a pontiff who was celebrated during the service as a champion of migrants and the poor. His funeral Mass was held on the ...

John Swinney has ... s Square just after the funeral. He said: “It’s been a very moving ceremony, a very dignified ceremony, paying tribute to a life of service in arguing for the protection ...

John Swinney has said the funeral ... agency from St Peter’s Square just after the funeral. He said: “It’s been a very moving ceremony, a very dignified ceremony, paying tribute to a life of service ...

shorter service took place there before the interment. The funeral for his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, in 2022, lasted about two hours. Before that, the 2005 funeral for Pope John ...

The funeral of Pope Francis is currently taking ... Article continues below The service is being led by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who will begin with ...

A sermon detailed aspects of the pope's life, but the service was otherwise a traditional Catholic funeral, albeit one pared down at Francis' own wishes. An Italian cardinal, Giovanni Battista Re ...