WA’s most senior Catholic Church official has travelled from Perth to Rome ahead of Pope Francis’ funeral, joining thousands of others who have flocked to the religious city.
Caleb Runciman
Heads of state from around the world will begin arriving for the funeral of Pope Francis, as the faithful flock to pay their respects to the popular pontiff.
Colleen Barry
A cardinal who Pope Francis accused of nepotism and embezzlement by saying "I no longer have trust in you" could still be able to vote for the new pope.
Philip Pullella
Those who stand the tallest are the ones who must bend most deeply. And so the images of Pope Francis kneeling at the feet of prisoners and migrants, cleansing and kissing their feet, are ones that will endure.
Robin Givhan
The Pope's doctor has recounted the pontiff's last moments, saying he arrived to find Francis breathing but unresponsive, and ultimately could not be saved.
Joshua McElwee
Mourners have queued in their tens of thousands to pay their last respects to Pope Francis, as the late pontiff lies in state before his funeral.
Pope Francis offered hope and teachings that transcend religion, a federal MP has said as he prepares to represent Australia at the pontiff's funeral.
Kat Wong
Long lines of the faithful have emerged in Rome as people file through St Peter's Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis.
Staff Writers
The Catholic faithful are coming together to grieve the loss of Pope Francis, followed by the secretive process of cardinals choosing a new church leader.
Aine Fox
WA filmmaker Jayson McNamara has revealed how he became pen pals with Pope Francis in the year prior to his death.
Zach Margolius
Pope Francis’s coffin began its transfer to St Peter’s Basilica for three days of lying in state, with thousands of well-wishers gathering to pay their respects to the Catholic leader before he is laid to rest.
Clement Melki
Cardinals gathered in Rome yesterday to prepare Saturday’s funeral for Pope Francis, as Catholics attended masses around the globe to grieve and celebrate the extraordinary life of the much-adored Pontiff.
John Flint
Pope Francis and Cardinal George Pell may have had a fraught relationship, despite joining forces on financial issues which desired rational pragmatism.
Summer Liu
Following the death of Pope Francis, cardinals will gather to elect a new pontiff in one of the most famous buildings in the world: the Sistine Chapel.
Francis was the first non-European Pope in a thousand years and the first from the southern hemisphere.
Danielle Le Messurier and John Flint
Details of the funeral plans for Pope Francis have been announced as photos showing the Pontiff lying in State inside his private chapel at the Vatican were released.
Joshua McElwee and Crispian Balmer
As the world comes to terms with the death of Pope Francis, some high-profile WA people lucky enough to meet the Pontiff recalled their encounters with the religious leader.
Kellie Balaam
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe has led a midday mass of more than a thousand mourners as he prepares to fly to Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral.
Jessica Evensen
The faithful in East Timor are showing their "deep sense of gratitude and recognition" to the late Pope Francis, who visited the tiny nation several months ago.
Francisco Ismenio do Rosario Pereira and Nelson da Cruz
Australians will join Catholics around the world in mourning the death of Pope Francis both home and away, with many services planned in honour of the pontiff.
Melissa Meehan
Pope Francis is being remembered in the Pacific as a leader for the region, visiting in 2024 and canonising the first Papua New Guinean.
Ben McKay
A letter from Pope Francis, dated June 2022, has been published following his death, revealing he had just one simple request following his death.
Max Corstorphan
Living as he preached, Pope Francis worked through to the end. Francis had never been a pope content in isolation. Declining rest, this is how the pope spent his final days and hours.
Chico Harlan, William Booth
The first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died at 88 after a decade marked by reform, humility, and global influence, with Catholics worldwide gathering to mourn.
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