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.
Staff Writers
Cardinals are meeting to begin scheduling Pope Francis' funeral and planning the conclave to elect his successor, as the faithful grieve the pontiff's death.
Australian Catholics are mourning and remembering Pope Francis as a man of simple piety who gave them hope for the church's future, after his death aged 88.
Alex Mitchell, Allanah Sciberras, Melissa Meehan and Luke Costin
World leaders are praising the life and work of Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
The first leader of the globe’s 1.4 billion Catholics to be born in the Americas, he leaves behind a legacy as a reformer of one of the world’s oldest and most conservative institutions.
Hayley Sorensen
The King and Queen said Pope Francis would be remembered for his compassion and his concern for the unity of the Church.
Argentinians are mourning the loss of their own Pope Francis, who never made a trip back to his home country after becoming pontiff.
A special mass will be held at St Mary’s Cathedral in Perth on Tuesday to honour and thank Pope Francis following his death.
Caleb Runciman
Tributes to Pope Francis immediately flowed from leaders in Europe to the United States and Asia as the world reacted in grief and shock to his passing on Easter Monday.
Nicola Smith
A UK-based gay Catholic group has spoken of the warmth of Pope Francis during their historic meeting at the Vatican in 2019.
Aine Fox
The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17, 1936
Pope Francis was born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, the eldest of five children.
Oliver Lane
Church leaders and politicians have led tributes to Pope Francis who has died after battling illness, with Catholics set to join services across the nation.
William Ton and Katelyn Catanzariti
Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, remembered as a humble man who lived his faith and was a champion for the poor.
