The Vatican yesterday announced that it will cut the phone signal within the tiny city state during the conclave to elect a new pope, but stated that this would not affect St Peter’s Square. The office of the presidency of the Governorate of the Vatican City State said that ‘all the transmission systems of the telecommunications signal for mobile telephones …

The Vatican is making preparations for the upcoming conclave that will choose the successor of Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88 years. Citing the Vatican, it was reported that the pope died after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, and his funeral has been scheduled for Saturday. It was reported that after nine days of …

The funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday, 26 April 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square. This was according to a statement on Tuesday by the Holy See Press Office. According to the statement, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, ‘Will preside at the Mass, which will be concelebrated by Patriarchs, Cardinals, …

Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said in a statement. ‘Dearest brothers and sisters, it is with deep sorrow that I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis’, said Cardinal Kevin Farrell in the statement published by the Vatican on …

Pope Francis on Thursday shared an audio message to worshippers for the first time since being admitted to hospital in February. In the newly released audio message shared with worshippers at the start of the evening Rosary prayer in St Peter’s Square, Pope said: “I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my health from …

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for two weeks with double pneumonia, is in a “stable” condition, with no recurrence of the previous day’s breathing crisis, the Vatican said on Saturday. The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church is still receiving oxygen but has no fever, has been eating, is alert, and praying, the Holy See said in its …