It comes after Trump joked to reporters this week that he would like to be the next pope, just days before cardinals are due to start the conclave to elect the successor of Pope Francis who died on April 21
03 May,2025 04:34 PM IST | Washington | AFPPact would also establish a fund for Ukraine, ensuring future US assistance
02 May,2025 08:06 AM IST | Kyiv | AgenciesUS President Donald Trump quips he'd like to be the next pope, as cardinals prepare to select a successor to Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21
30 April,2025 05:06 PM IST | Washington DCPope Francis, who died on Monday, April 21, aged 88, will be the first pontiff in more than a century not to be entombed in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican
26 April,2025 12:35 PM IST | Rome | AFPIndian President Murmu, US President Trump and Ukraine’s Zelensky to attend, among others; the Vatican said 130 delegations are confirmed, including 50 heads of state and 10 reigning sovereigns
26 April,2025 08:52 AM IST | Vatican City | AgenciesPope Francis’s last public appearance was at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Easter Sunday; his funeral will take place today (April 26)
26 April,2025 08:31 AM IST | Mumbai | A CorrespondentThe basilica is bathed in a hushed silence as mourners from across the globe make a slow, shuffling procession up the main aisle to pay their last respects to Francis, who died Monday after a stroke.
25 April,2025 09:23 AM IST | Vatican City | AgenciesMurmu will be on a two-day visit to Vatican City and offer condolences on behalf of the government and people of India.
25 April,2025 09:21 AM IST | New Delhi | PTIThe Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday made the declaration through a statement and announced that the National Flag will be flown at half-mast on the day throughout India on all buildings where it is flown regularly and there will be no official entertainment
24 April,2025 07:58 PM IST | New Delhi | ANIThe dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, will lead the service, after which Cardinal Re will deliver a concluding prayer in which the Pope will be formally entrusted to God.
23 April,2025 08:22 AM IST | Vatican City | AgenciesADVERTISEMENT