Pope Cuts Three-Coffin Tradition From Papal Funerals
Deceased popes traditionally have three coffins, one made out of cypress, one of lead and one of elm, which are placed one inside the other, before the papal body is interred.
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Pope wraps up Indonesia leg of gruelling Asia-Pacific tour
Pope Francis left Indonesia for Papua New Guinea Friday on the second leg of an arduous 12-day tour of the…
Pope Makes Appeal on Extremism as He Launches Asia Tour
Pope Francis appealed Wednesday for religious unity to counter extremism and intolerance, as the longest tour of the 87-year-old’s papacy…
Pope Heads to Indonesia, First Stop in Four-Nation Tour
Pope Francis, 87, was set to land in Muslim-majority Indonesia on Tuesday for a visit dominated by inter-faith ties, the…
Pope Says Repelling, Abandoning Migrants is ‘Grave Sin’
Pope Francis condemned Wednesday efforts to repel migrants and block their routes as a “grave sin”, as he recalled those…
Pope says ex-pontiff Benedict ‘very ill’, prays for him
Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries, has been in increasingly frail health
Kasisi wa Chile ahukumiwa kifungo cha miaka 15 kwa kuwadhulumu watoto
Kasisi aliyefukuzwa kazi na aliyewahi kushika nyadhifa za juu katika Kanisa Katoliki nchini Chile alihukumiwa kifungo cha miaka 15 jela kwa kosa la kubaka na kuwadhalilisha watoto kingono
Pope postpones Africa visit over knee problem
The Vatican, which announced the trip to Africa in March, had already published its schedule.
Papa aahirisha ziara ya Afrika kutokana na tatizo la goti
Papa Francis ataahirisha safari yake katika Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo na Sudan Kusini kutokana na tatizo la goti, Vatican ilisema
Nigeria: Watu wenye silaha waua waumini katika shambulizi kanisani
Watu wenye silaha na vilipuzi walivamia kanisa la Kikatoliki na kufyatua risasi na kuua waumini kwenye kanisa kusini magharibi mwa Nigeria
