LIVE: World leaders join thousands of mourners at St Peter’s for Pope Francis funeral
Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymr Zelenskyy are amongst the crowd in what’s the largest gathering of world leaders in years.
President Higgins attends lying in state of Pope Francis in St Peter’s Basilica
He and his wife Sabina paid their respects to the late pontiff this afternoon.
‘The People’s Pope’: Irish and global newspapers remember a Pope of change
From Ireland to Italy to America, the consensus is that he was “the people’s Pope” who strived to change the Catholic Church.
As Pope Francis begins two-month period of recovery, could retirement be on the cards?
While some cardinals dismiss such talk as a ‘soap opera’, Francis himself has already penned a letter of resignation, just in case.
‘Getting ready for the next thousand years’: What to expect from conclusion of the Church’s Synod
The second phase takes place in October and a decision will then be made by Pope Francis on whether any proposed changes will become official Church teaching.
