The Italian national Olympic committee has asked for sports events to be suspended on Saturday, the day of Pope Francis’ funeral.

Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world when he announced his resignation in 2013, the first in 600 years.

Pope Francis never set foot in his native Argentina during his papacy.

The plight of migrants was one of Pope Francis’ top priorities.

In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral concern.

The death of Pope Francis has sent shockwaves through Iraq’s Christian community, where his presence once brought hope after one of the darkest chapters in the country’s recent history.

Vatican News has reported that Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter, a day before he died.

Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on Wednesday in St. Peter’s Basilica, days after the popular pontiff died at age 88.

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the spiritual head of the global Catholic Church and the Vatican’s head of state.

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An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pontiff and before the election of another.

Australians have begun voting at general elections as the death of Pope Francis had led to a cancellation of campaign events.

Pope Francis’ legacy is being felt deeply in South Florida, especially at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in southwest Miami-Dade, where he holds a special connection as the first Jesuit pope.

Pope Francis’s first visit to the United States came to three historic northeast cities in September of 2015.

Pope Francis’ visit to the United States in September of 2015 was part of a larger trip to North America.

From diners at a Little Buenos Aires café to visitors fresh from Argentina, South Florida’s Argentine community is mourning the death of Pope Francis — the first Latin American pope and a native son of Buenos Aires — with sadness, pride, and stories of personal connection.

The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a teenager.

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza Strip to see how people huddled inside were coping with a devastating war.

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch.

One of Pope Francis’ final encounters before his death was with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who visited the Vatican over the weekend.

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next pope.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88.

The Vatican says the canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, has been postponed due to the death of Pope Francis.

People across the world, including in South Florida, are reminiscing on the life and legacy of Pope Francis after the pontiff died early Monday at age 88.

Top-flight soccer matches in Italy and Argentina have been postponed after the death of Pope Francis.

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one.

Tributes to Pope Francis are pouring in from around the world.

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins.

Pope Francis had an informal, lighthearted speaking style.

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi.

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons.

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936.

Pope Francis has died at age 88.

Pope Francis has died at age 88.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia.

Pope Francis has emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless people in St. Peter’s Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the square.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met with the Vatican’s No. 2 official as they the sides spar over the U.S. crackdown on migrants.

Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea unified Christian doctrine.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Rome for talks on tariffs with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni.

Pope Francis has visited Rome’s main prison and kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate.

A convalescing Pope Francis has greeted the crowd in St_ Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a “Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week."

Pope Francis met privately with King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the Vatican during the royal couple’s four-day state visit to Italy and on the occasion of their 20th wedding anniversary.

Preparations for widely popular Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America – but not in Nicaragua.

President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the Vatican has defended many of the administration’s foreign-aid cuts at a Senate hearing, even while saying Catholic charitable groups are well-equipped to deliver such aid efficiently.

King Charles III has arrived in Rome for a state visit to Italy, his first overseas trip since being briefly hospitalized for side effects of cancer treatment.

Pope Francis has made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and medical workers in his first public appearance at the Vatican since leaving the hospital.

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The Vatican says Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private chapel.

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Even during his five weeks in the hospital battling pneumonia that nearly killed him, Pope Francis has never been shy about showing weakness.

The pope's doctor says Francis has shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia.

Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass on April 27 in St. Peter’s Square.

Growing numbers of Catholics are taking part in Eucharistic adoration – which this year’s Jubilee will mark this weekend with “24 hours for the Lord.”.

Pope Francis’ medical team briefly considered suspending treatment after a Feb. 28 breathing crisis but instead decided on an aggressive treatment course.

A weak and frail Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican from the hospital after a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican after he was hospitalized for five weeks with a life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, his doctors have said, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs.

Over 12 years, Francis has sought to normalize the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp while still wielding the awesome power of the papacy.

Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his pontificate will open after he is released.

Pope Francis’s condition has continued to improve and he no longer needs to use noninvasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night.

The Italian postal service has seen a huge increase in mail addressed to Pope Francis since his Feb. 14 hospitalization.

Pope Francis says in a letter to an Italian newspaper that his lengthy illness has made clearer to him the absurdity of war and the power of words to shape the truth and facts.

King Charles III is scheduled to have an audience with Pope Francis during a state visit next month to the Vatican, suggesting the Holy See is optimistic the pontiff will be back at work by then.

Pope Francis is registering new slight improvements in his monthlong treatment for double pneumonia.

The Vatican has released the first photograph of the pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten liturgical vestments sitting in a wheelchair in front of an altar in the hospital chapel.

Pope Francis has entered the fifth week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia very much looking ahead as he continued work on a signature priority of his papacy.

The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number of calls.

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it hard to speak publicly.

Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly positive medical news on his recovery and hundreds of messages wishing him well.

Pope Francis’ recovery from double pneumonia continues.

Pope Francis has participated remotely in the Vatican’s spiritual retreat after getting good news from his doctors.

Pope Francis has written and spoken at length about sickness, aging and death.

Doctors said Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia but have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment.

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Pope Francis has issued a message thanking volunteers for the “miracle of tenderness” they offer the sick as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia.

Pope Francis has entered his fourth week in the hospital with double pneumonia, increasingly handing off his day-to-day duties to cardinals as questions swirl about the near and long-term future of his papacy.

The Vatican says Pope Francis is responding well to therapy for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days.

Friday marks three weeks since Pope Francis was hospitalized for bronchitis, which then led to double pneumonia.

Pope Francis has hit the three-week mark in his hospitalization for double pneumonia.

Pope Francis recorded a pained and labored audio message to thank people for their prayers for his recovery.

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St. Peter’s and by the hospital to pray the rosary for him.

In South Florida, Catholics attended mass at churches in greater numbers to commemorate Ash Wednesday, which marks the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and charity before Easter on April 20.

The Vatican says that Pope Francis has increased his physical activity, called the Catholic parish priest in Gaza and marked the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead.

St. Francis is the medieval Catholic saint whose spirituality focused on loving the poor, creation, and peace.

The Vatican says Pope Francis is in stable condition and breathing with just the help of supplemental oxygen after respiratory crises a day earlier.

Nearly a decade after Pope Francis plucked them from a refugee camp in Greece, a Syrian couple and their child have carved out a quiet life in suburban Rome.

The Vatican says that Pope Francis has suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises and has been put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation.

The Vatican says Pope Francis has remained in stable condition and didn’t need any mechanical ventilation.

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized, a group of migrant transgender women are praying for his recovery.

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Pope Francis remained in stable condition a day after a respiratory crisis.

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to speculate about the election of a new pope while the current one is fighting for his life.

Vice President JD Vance acknowledged Pope Francis’ criticism of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.

The Vatican says Pope Francis suffered a coughing fit that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation.

Cardinal Robert McElroy, the bishop of San Diego who is preparing to take over as archbishop of Washington, D.

Pope Francis is continuing his slow recovery from double pneumonia and beating back speculation of an imminent death, resignation or conclave.

The Vatican says that Pope Francis continues to improve from double pneumonia Thursday, though doctors say he needs more days of “clinical stability” before they revise their guarded prognosis.

Pope Francis remained hospitalized on Wednesday, his 13th day on the 10th floor of the Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, according to the Holy See Press Office.

The Vatican says Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors still say his prognosis is still guarded.

Pope Francis remained on the 10th floor of the Gemelli Hospital on Tuesday night in Rome.