Pope Francis

The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a brief statement on Friday congratulating Pope Leo XIV on his ascent to the helm of the Catholic Church.

Argentine President Javier Milei celebrated the election of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday by sharing an image on social media, apparently generated by artificial intelligence, of a lion in papal regalia.

The Catholic Church elected its new leader on Thursday when the conclave ended with the selection of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost.

The Chinese Communist Party barely mentioned the death of Pope Francis, with whom it negotiated for years, and failed to send a representative to his funeral as a “brutal message” to repressed Christians at home, one of the world’s top experts on Christian persecution told Breitbart News this week.

Let the voting – and prayers – begin. One hundred and thirty-three Roman Catholic cardinals from 66 countries gathered for Mass on Wednesday morning before the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis now underway behind the Vatican’s walls.

President Donald Trump on Friday shared an AI image of himself dressed as the pope and received lots of reactions.

Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a new pope and began taking measures to block any electronic interference with their deliberations, as jockeying continued Saturday outside over who among the cardinals was in the running.

Preparations for the conclave progressed with installation of chimney from Sistine Chapel to signal election of a successor to Pope Francis.

Even for non-Catholics, the pope is a figure of world significance who can affect politics in every nation around the globe, as Francis, the first pope from Latin America, clearly did.

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world and a crowd of hundreds of thousands.

President Trump joined the gathered mourners outside St Peter’s Basilica, having flown overnight to Italy for the funeral of Pope Francis. 

Former Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday on MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports” that Pope Francis was not “living in some alternative world,” so he understood the climate crisis.

President Donald Trump on Friday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to immediately sign a mineral deal with the United States.

Catholic faithful around the world expressed indignation this week after videos and pictures of individuals taking selfies next to Pope Francis’s open casket began circulating on social media.

Longtime “Saturday Night Live” star Bowen Yang received applause and laughter from “The View” co-hosts and the show’s audience after he called Vice President JD Vance “a pope killer.”

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have departed the United States for Italy, where they will attend Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday morning.

Former President Joe Biden (D) plans to attend Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday along with his wife, former First Lady Jill Biden.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry offered brief condolences over the death of Pope Francis on Tuesday, over a day after the announcement of his passing, crediting him meagerly for “useful” exchanges with Beijing.

The Vatican kept the doors of  St. Peter’s Basilica open all night Wednesday due to higher-than-expected turnout of Catholic faithful determined to bid farewell to the late Pope Francis.

Joy Behar said she fears that Pope Francis will be replaced by “some conservative guy” on Tuesday’s episode of ABC’s “The View,” during which the show’s co-hosts used the pope’s death as an opportunity to complain about U.S. politics.

The Vatican opened St. Peter’s Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with thousands of people filling the central aisle and Swiss Guards standing at attention.

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, never visited his birthplace Argentina in the 12 years of his papacy.

The Marxist leaders of Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Colombia all offered statements honoring the legacy of the late Pope Francis on Monday, embracing him as a friend to their cause.

The Vatican on Tuesday published the final thoughts of the late Pope Francis on the afterlife, in an essay he wrote in February, in which he declared that “death is not the end.”

The Vatican has decided the funeral for Pope Francis will take place on Saturday, April 26 at 10:00 local time in Rome.

President Donald Trump announced that he and First Lady Melania Trump would be attending Pope Francis’s funeral after the Vatican announced early Monday that the Pope had died at the age of 88.

Catholic faithful around the world paid homage to Pope Francis immediately upon the Vatican announcing his passing on Monday morning.

In the wake of Pope Francis’ passing on Easter Monday, the Catholic Church will begin the process of selecting the next Bishop of Rome, thereby setting the future course of the Church and its 1.3 billion followers.

President Donald J. Trump has ordered all United States flags on government and military properties to be lowered to half-staff in memory of His Holiness Pope Francis on the morning after his passing.

President Donald Trump remembered Pope Francis during the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday.

Former President Barack Obama (D) said Monday he and his wife, former First Lady Michelle Obama, are mourning the death of Pope Francis.

Monday, on the heels of the news of Pope Francis’ passing, MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough launched a scathing attack on the so-called “hard-right” inside the Catholic Church.

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they’re counted, and then burning them to produce either the white or black smoke to signal if there’s a new leader for the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics.

Argentine President Javier Milei honored his compatriot Pope Francis following his passing on Monday, celebrating his “indefatigable struggle… to protect life from conception, promote interreligious dialogue,” and youth outreach.

Numerous celebrities — including Russell Crowe, Whoopi Goldberg, Antonio Banderas and Robin Roberts — took to social media Monday to mourn the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88.

Vice President JD Vance sent his condolences to Christians around the world after the passing of Pope Francis on Easter Monday.