Election could be most unpredictable in church’s history with 133 diverse and divided participants in Sistine ChapelCatholic cardinals from all over the world will begin casting their votes for a new pope under...
Read MoreElectricity consumption in Spain gradually going back up as grid operator restores energy in more parts of the countryExplainer: what happened and what caused it?Spain caught unawares as the lights go outHave you been affected...
Read MoreCities across Spain and Portugal experience blackouts and transport chaos after power outageWe are just getting a line from Reuters news agency saying that the Conclave to elect new pope will start on 7 May, according to its...
Read MoreSome, especially within the US, see the conclave as an opportunity to establish a more conservative leaderFor Catholics who cherished Pope Francis’s relentless defence of the dignity of migrants and minorities, the footage...
Read MoreApplause rings out as late pontiff’s wooden coffin carried from altar of St Peter’s Basilica for open-air ceremonyPope Francis has been eulogised as “a pope among the people, with an open heart towards...
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Read MoreFuneral to begin at 10am local time in St Peter’s Square and will be presided over by Cardinal Giovanni Battista ReThe oldest child of Italians who migrated to Argentina, Pope Francis had, from the start, made the defence...
Read MoreAt least 130 foreign delegations and an estimated 200,000 pilgrims to descend on St Peter’s Square on SaturdayAn extraordinary array of invitees, spanning heads of state and royals from around the world, as well as...
Read MoreMore 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...
Read MoreFrancis will lie in state for three days at St Peter’s Basilica before funeral is held on SaturdayThe coffin makes it way through the Vatican towards St Peter’s Basilica, accompanied by the choir’s singing,...
Read MoreFrancis will lie in state for three days to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respectsIf you want to closely follow the order of the ceremony, here are all the texts of prayers.The ceremony of “translation”,...
Read MoreFrancis will lie in state for three days to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respectsPope Francis’s body will be moved to St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning where it will lie in state for three days...
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