After many months of illness the Pope has died, the Vatican announced this morning. As the world reacts, a time honoured mechanism for selecting Francis’ successor will also now begin. Follow the developments with Euronews correspondents in Rome and throughout Europe.
Category: 3. Europe
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Pope Francis dies: World reacts, Vatican prepares for conclave
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Coolcations: Why more people are flocking to destinations in Norway, Finland and Iceland this summer
Coolcations in destinations such as Norway, Iceland and Finland are expected to continue seeing a boom this summer- but could they cause overtourism in the Nordics?
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Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare
Increased global tensions and looming trade wars between the United States and virtually every country on Earth have experts warning of heightened cybersecurity threats and a digital arms race as countries defend themselves.
“The geopolitical dust is still settling,” said Verona…
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Pope Francis dies at 88: What happens next in the Vatican
“Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta,” the Vatican said in a statement posted on X.
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Pope Francis leaves a complex, divided legacy – POLITICO
Just weeks before he died, Pope Francis was doing what he does best: infuriating conservatives.
In an extraordinary intervention in mid-February, the pope initiated a head-on clash with the new U.S. administration, slamming President Donald Trump’s plans to deport millions of…
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Pope Francis’ last public appearance on Easter Sunday
Pope Francis’s last public appearance was for an Easter Sunday blessing at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square.
It had been unknown at the time if the pontiff would join the service following his discharge from hospital last month, after five weeks of treatment for an infection that led to double…
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What comes now after the death of Pope Francis?
ReutersPope Francis has died at the age of 88, after 12 years as spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
His death has set in motion the centuries-old process of electing a new Pope.
What does the Pope do?
The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church. Roman Catholics believe he represents a…
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The life and legacy of Pope Francis
The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool takes us through the life of Pope Frances, and the challenges he faced as pontiff.
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Pope from Latin America who changed Catholic Church
APHis ascension to the papacy heralded many firsts.
Francis was the first Pope from the Americas or the Southern Hemisphere. Not since Syrian-born Gregory III died in 741 had there been a non-European Bishop of Rome.
He was also the first Jesuit to be elected to the throne of St Peter – Jesuits…
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Pope Francis dead at 88 – POLITICO
On gender, the pontiff hewed closer to tradition in repeatedly ruling out ordaining female priests or deacons — though he named numerous women to roles in the Vatican, including appointing the first woman to head a major department.
He said women who had undergone an abortion should be…
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