Catholic News
- Cardinals visit the tomb of Pope Francis, pray Vespers (Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore)Members of the College of Cardinals visited the tomb of Pope Francis on April 27, the day after his funeral, and prayed Vespers in the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where the late Pontiff is interred (video). Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas, coadjutor archpriest of the basilica, presided at Second Vespers of the Second Sunday of […]
- Nearly 35 million attended papal events during late Pope's pontificate (SIR (Italian))The Prefecture of the Papal Household has announced that 34,953,276 people participated in papal Masses, general audiences, Angelus addresses, and other events during the 12-year pontificate of Pope Francis. The year with the greatest crowds (7,314,350) was 2013, the year of his election; the year with the smallest crowds was the lockdown year of 2020, […]
- 200,000 in attendance at Mass as Cardinal Parolin emphasizes late Pope's teaching on mercy (Vatican Press Office)Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness from 2013 until Pope Francis’s death, presided at Mass in St. Peter’s Square on April 27, the Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) (video). An estimated 200,000 people, including participants in the Jubilee of Teenagers, were in attendance at the Mass, on the second […]
- At least 200,000 attend Pope Francis's funeral Mass (CNS)A large crowd—estimated at 200,000 by Catholic News Service, and at 250,000 by the Vatican newspaper—attended the funeral Mass of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 26 (booklet, video). The leaders of more than 80 countries, and representatives from some four dozen others, were in attendance. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of […]