Alexandria Sage

3 days ago | modernghana.com | Alexandria Sage

Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, prompting mourning across the Christian world for the energetic reformer who inspired devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists during a 12-year papacy. Mourners gathered, many in tears, in St Peter's Square, where just a day earlier the the frail-looking pontiff had greeted worshippers on Easter Sunday, having recently left hospital following a 38-day battle with double pneumonia.

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Alexandria Sage

A hush reigned over the normally boisterous St Peter's Square on Monday as the faithful and the curious alike gathered at the seat of Catholicism to mark the death of Pope Francis. Catholic priests and nuns in groups of threes of fours bowed their heads to pray, twirling their rosaries under the midday sun just hours after the Vatican announced the 88-year-old pontiff's passing. Even the groups of tourists, who continued to enter the massive St Peter's Basilica, appeared quiet and downcast.

3 days ago | al-monitor.com | Clément Melki |Alexandria Sage

Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on Monday aged 88, just a day after greeting delighted worshippers after Easter Mass. The death of the Argentine pontiff, leader of the Catholic Church since March 2013, came less than a month after having been released from hospital following a 38-day battle with double pneumonia.

3 days ago | philstarlife.com | Alexandria Sage |Barnaby Chesterman

called for freedom of thought and tolerance in his Easter Sunday address, as the weakened pontiff delighted the crowds of Catholic faithful by making a much hoped-for holiday appearance, even circling St. Peter's Square in his popemobile. "Happy Easter," said the 88-year-old Argentine pope in a weak voice from his wheelchair on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica, to the great joy of the crowd in the flower-filled square below.

4 days ago | batimes.com.ar | Barnaby Chesterman |Alexandria Sage |James Grainger

Pope Francis called for freedom of thought and tolerance in his Easter Sunday address, as the weakened pontiff made a hoped-for holiday appearance, even circling St Peter's Square in his popemobile. "Happy Easter," said the 88-year-old Argentine pontiff in a weak voice from his wheelchair on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica, to the delight of the crowd in the flower-filled square below.