For nearly forty years it has been tradition for Dutch growers to donate flowers to the Vatican for the decoration of St.

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the ... Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain and Monaco will also be present.

Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper Access ... was moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica to lie in state for three ...

Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and treat ...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis was laid to rest inside his favourite Rome church after a funeral mass in St Peter's Square, the Vatican said on Saturday. The Argentinian pontiff, who died on Monday ...

Francis didn’t celebrate the Easter Mass in the piazza, delegating it to Cardinal Angelo Comastri, the retired archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica ... donated by the Netherlands for Easter.

Francis, who died Monday at age 88, will be buried in a niche tomb in the basilica on Saturday after his funeral in St. Peter’s Square about ... a slightly enlarged replica of his pectoral ...

The downtown cathedral — a one-quarter replica of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome — has been at the centre of events in Montreal marking the passing of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday.

Francis’ coffin will be moved from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta hotel where he lived to St. Peter’s Basilica for public ... as pilgrims of hope.” Dutch cardinal recalls meetings ...