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President Bola Tinubu has joined other world leaders for the inauguration of Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope. Pope Leo XIV, who became head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on May 8, stood in the white vehicle as it drove through cheering crowds, smiling, waving and making …

For centuries, the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church were largely Italians until a cardinal from Poland was elected Pope in 1978 and then succeeded by a German and an Argentine. Now, for the first time, the pope’s an American who has taken the name Leo XIV. And he’s from …

Cardinals from around the world have elected the next pontiff, following the late Pope Francis’ passing on 21 April. Follow Euronews’ live blog for the latest updates. The conclave of 133 cardinals representing 70 countries elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as new pontiff on Thursday, after deliberating on who would …

Dozens of heads of state – some of whom had better relations with the pope than others – will be in attendance. World leaders began arriving in Rome on Friday before Pope Francis’s weekend burial, a ceremony that, although more low-key than usual, is still set to be a historic …

Francis became pope in 2013. In recent years, the 88-year-old was forced to cancel some events, sometimes at the last minute, because of his health. Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced. The pontiff, who was Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic …