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2 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Kate Scanlon |Violet Hurst

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump plan to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, he said April 21. He also directed federal flags be flown at half-staff in the late pontiff's honor.

2 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Cindy Wooden |Violet Hurst

Your browser does not support the audio element. CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- La Misa funeral del Papa Francisco se celebrará el 26 de abril en la Plaza de San Pedro, anunció el Vaticano. El cardenal Giovanni Battista Re, decano del Colegio Cardenalicio, presidirá la liturgia, que inicia un período de nueve días de luto oficial y misas conmemorativas diarias.

3 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Cindy Wooden |Violet Hurst

Your browser does not support the audio element. CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- En su breve testamento final, el Papa Francisco pidió ser enterrado en la Basílica de Santa María la Mayor de Roma y dijo que había ofrecido su sufrimiento por la paz en el mundo.

3 days ago | thebostonpilot.com | Cindy Wooden |Violet Hurst

Your browser does not support the audio element. VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In his brief final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major and said he had offered his suffering for peace in the world. "I offered the suffering present in the latter part of my life to the Lord for world peace and brotherhood among peoples," he wrote in the document dated June 29, 2022, and published by the Vatican April 21, hours after he had died.

1 week ago | thebostonpilot.com | Judith Sudilovsky |Violet Hurst

Your browser does not support the audio element. JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- Christians in the Holy Land not only have the right but also the duty to celebrate Easter despite all the difficulties and conflicts they are now experiencing, said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, in his recorded video Easter Message released on April 16.