Fifteen cardinals taking part in the upcoming conclave are 79 years old — some making it under the cutoff just weeks before ...

From the Cardinals assembled in conclave after Benedict XVI’s resignation, he was elected Pope on 13 March 2013 and took the ...

Catholic churches in the UAE have announced details of a requiem mass in honour of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday.

A memorial mass will be held at the Church of St. Francis in the Abrahamic Family House on Sa'adiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, on ...

New paths and processes However, Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, likely would not have wanted the concept of “first ...

The Vatican said the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart failure. Francis had chronic lung disease, and he was admitted to a hospital on Feb. 14, 2025, for a ...

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter’s Basilica ... “all the people in the UAE are greatly saddened by the ...

She said her family has embraced the tradition of Visita Iglesia, visiting various churches across the Emirates, including St. Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi, St. Therese and St. Francis of Assisi in ...