Speaker Wetang'ula and Mudavadi pay touching tributes to Pope Francis

The Pope has only stated one wish in his will, the Vatican has published the document. Donald and Melania Trump announce for the funeral: "We look forward to being there!" The news.

The funeral of Pope Francis, who has died aged 88, will take place in nine days and a conclave to elect his successor within a month, the Vatican said. Among the believers who began to flock to St. Peter's Church in Rome, where the Pope was seen and greeted on Easter Sunday, is ruled by shock, disbelief and sadness.

The Spanish ambassador to the Vatican, Isabel Celaá, has stated that it would be a "tremendous setback" for the Church not to support a new Pope who was not "in the style" of Francis, who died this Monday in Rome.

Mourning Pope Francis: Global Tributes, Rosaries, and Funeral Preparations Underway

VATICAN CITY, Rome — As the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis, tributes, prayers, and preparations for his funeral continue across Rome and beyond. The 88-year-old pontiff died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, following a stroke and heart failure, according to a statement from the Vatican. His final public appearance came just hours earlier, during the traditional Easter blessing at St. Peter’s Square. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Fa…

In February and March, he suffered pneumonia. Francis is now dead. In the Vatican, this initiates a series of processes.

After the death of a Pope, the so-called "placehold" period begins, in which almost all the "ministers" of the Vatican cease and the Church is governed by the College of Cardinals. This is a very special moment in which a particularly relevant role is played, especially in the initial phase, by the Cardinal Vicar for the city of Rome and the Cardinal Camerlengo. The first is the one who officially communicates the death of the Pope, while the se…