First US pope Leo XIV takes to popemobile ahead of inaugural mass
World 16:36 18/05/2025Pope Leo XIV, the first US pontiff, made his debut tour of St Peter's Square on Sunday in a popemobile, greeting tens of thousands of pilgrims and well-wishers ahead of his inauguration mass.
More than 30,000 people pack Rome church to visit Pope Francis' tomb
World 10:16 28/04/2025Tens of thousands of people streamed past the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, packing the Roman basilica where he had chosen to be buried in a break from tradition.
Diplomacy likely to trump geography in choice of new pope
World 11:50 27/04/2025Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas and the first non-European since the eighth century.
Vietnam values Pope Francis’s contributions to Vietnam-Vatican relationship: foreign ministry
Vietnam News 09:28 25/04/2025Vietnam appreciates Pope Francis’s role in promoting the relationship between Vietnam and the Vatican, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said at a press conference in Hanoi on Thursday.
Vietnam premier sends condolences to Vatican over Pope Francis’s passing
Vietnam News 13:13 22/04/2025Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has extended his condolences to the Vatican following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, April 21, after a prolonged illness, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Two papal deaths 20 years apart, one expected, the other a surprise
World 09:29 22/04/2025When Pope John Paul II died on the evening of April 2, 2005, the whole world knew it would be coming at any moment.
Pope's death prompts CONI to call for sporting postponements, minute's silence
World 09:28 22/04/2025The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) called for all sporting events due to take place in Italy on Monday to be postponed following the death of Pope Francis and for "a minute's silence to be observed at events throughout the week".
Pope Francis has died, Vatican says in video statement
World 15:27 21/04/2025VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution.
