A single image captures the subtle changes in how the Roman Catholic Church buries a pope.
As a restorer who specialized in late medieval and early Renaissance paintings from Italy, he was in intimate touch with the paintings of long-dead masters.
A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the Roman Empire.
El funeral de Francisco se llevará a cabo el sábado en la plaza de San Pedro, según ha indicado el Vaticano. Aquí te decimos cómo verlo y qué esperar.
Inmediatamente después del sismo no se registraron víctimas ni daños importantes, pero todavía está fresco el recuerdo del desastroso terremoto de 2023 en el sureste del país.
Miles de personas acudieron a presentar sus respetos y despedirse del pontífice, quien falleció el lunes a la edad de 88 años.
This year’s nominees for the prestigious art award include Mohammed Sami, an Iraqi painter, and Zadie Xa, a Canadian installation artist.
World leaders and the Catholic faithful from around the globe will attend the funeral on Saturday. Here’s how to watch it and what to expect.
No casualties or major damage were reported immediately after the magnitude-6.2 tremor. But it rattled nerves, with memories of the disastrous 2023 quake in the country’s southeast still fresh.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
The European Commission said the Silicon Valley companies violated the Digital Markets Act, a law meant to crimp the power of the largest tech firms.
Planned diplomatic talks on Wednesday have been scaled back, raising new doubts about progress toward a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine.
In an interview with The New York Times, President Ahmed al-Shara urged the United States to lift sanctions and alluded to the possibility of future military support from Russia and Turkey.
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Crowds flocked to pay their respects and bid farewell to the pontiff, who died on Monday at the age of 88.
Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy favored debate over radical action.
Among the most successful music producers in the 1970s and ’80s, he helped churn out hits for acts like Queen, the Cars, Journey and Foreigner.
A funeral will be held on Saturday for the pope, who changed the rules to make such ceremonies simpler than those traditionally observed.
The decision by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to pull out of the meeting and an objection by Ukraine’s leader to a key U.S. proposal raised questions about the state of the negotiations.
In a small ceremony, Vatican officials followed the path long taken when a pope dies.
Pope Francis’ critics represent a minority of the American church but a powerful one. Ruth Graham, a reporter covering religion, faith and values for The New York Times, describes how his papacy galvanized a tide of conservative resistance in the ...
Jim Yardley, a former Rome bureau chief for The New York Times, witnessed Pope Francis’ transformation from an unlikely papal contender to a beloved figure.
Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday will bring together leaders who sometimes clashed with the pope on issues such as global migration.
The arrests marked a pendulum swing for the government. Under the Assad regime, Syria served as a base of operations for several Palestinian armed factions.
An unusual public back-and-forth suggested that both sides in the war were eager to at least appear interested in negotiations.
The Vatican — with its politics, its pageantry and its power — has long been a favorite subject for artists and thinkers.
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Good Catholics were supposed to embrace gay people but not their gayness. That’s hardly the arithmetic of equality.
As democratic values and alliances were being turned upside down, the pope was a consistent moral guidepost. Who can play that role now?
Europe’s weapons makers are prospering as the continent reconsiders its post-Cold War stance of favoring domestic investment over military spending.
In rural England, increasingly sophisticated farming equipment has become a target for thieves, adding to pressure on farming communities.
Tras el funeral del papa Francisco, 135 cardenales se reunirán en un cónclave para elegir a un nuevo pontífice. Las tradiciones incluyen juramentos de secreto, papeletas de votación y humo blanco procedente de una chimenea de la Capilla Sixtina.
Trump will never be the “fertilization president.”
En su última voluntad, Francisco especificó que su tumba “debe estar en la tierra; sencilla, sin decoración particular”.
The declaration of death said the pope had Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, along with bronchiectasis, a chronic lung condition.
After Pope Francis’ funeral, 135 cardinals will gather for a conclave to elect a new pope. The traditions include oaths of secrecy, paper ballots and white smoke from a chimney of the Sistine Chapel.
After Pope Francis’ funeral, 135 cardinals will gather for a conclave to elect a new pope. The traditions include oaths of secrecy, paper ballots and white smoke from a chimney of the Sistine Chapel.
Across Argentina, many people flocked to churches to mourn Pope Francis. Some recalled personal encounters before he became pontiff.
The Catholic faithful took heart when the pontiff, after two brushes with death, emerged from a hospital and resumed some of his duties. Their joy proved short-lived.
Los expertos papales han elogiado la película nominada al Oscar como una de las descripciones más precisas de la reunión a puerta cerrada del Vaticano.
Pope Francis stipulated that he be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, where seven other popes are buried.
An unlikely choice to be pope championed causes and challenged orthodoxy, keeping allies and critics alike on their toes.
The pope and the president remade the Catholic church and American politics in their outsider images, but their relationship was defined by their remarkable clashes.
The faithful converged on Francis’ other spiritual home, St. John Lateran, to pay their respects and process the passing of their diocesan leader.
Gobernantes y funcionarios de todo el mundo ofrecieron sus condolencias al pueblo católico y elogiaron el compromiso del pontífice con los pobres y marginados.
As church bells tolled across the world, Catholics and non-Catholics alike mourned a pontiff who pushed for change.
Frenar el comercio con China para ganarse el favor de Estados Unidos sería “egoísta y miope”, dijo el gobierno, prometiendo retaliación.
Immigrants and L.G.B.T.Q. people were among those who saw Pope Francis as a force for change, offering a more welcoming version of the Catholic church.
Papal experts have lauded the Oscar-nominated film as one of the more accurate depictions of the closed-door Vatican gathering.
Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of which direction the Roman Catholic Church might take.
Cardinal Farrell, who holds the position of cardinal chamberlain, or camerlengo in Italian, will run the Holy See’s affairs until a new pope is chosen.
Many of the rituals and procedures of selecting a new pope — designed to ensure secrecy and an orderly transition — have remained unchanged for centuries.
Cardinals prepare to gather in Rome for the conclave to decide on Francis’ successor and the direction they want the church to take.
The pontiff had remained surprisingly active despite twice nearly dying in respiratory crises earlier this year.
The pontiff met with Vice President JD Vance on Sunday and blessed Catholics gathered for Easter. His doctors had urged him to rest.
Pope Francis passed away after leading the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years. His supporters remembered the first Latin American pontiff for his inclusive leadership style, while conservative Catholics accused him of diluting church teachings.
Pope Francis’ funeral, which is set to begin on Saturday, will span several days.
Tributes came from around the globe, offering condolences to the world’s Catholics and praising the pontiff’s commitment to the poor and marginalized.
For millions of people, it represents familiarity, comfort and belonging.
Francis was a deeply religious child in Buenos Aires. The first pontiff from Latin America tried to create a more welcoming church.
Selected photographs from the life and papacy of Pope Francis.
Pope Francis sought to make the church more welcoming, global and collegial, after his predecessors adopted more doctrinaire and traditional approaches.
After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing inclusion and care for the marginalized over doctrinal purity.
While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.
Pope Francis, appearing from a balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square, blessed those present after a Vatican aide delivered a papal speech on his behalf.
The pontiff, appearing frail from a balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica, blessed a crowd gathered on the square outside. But a Vatican aide delivered a papal address that focused on global conflicts.
President Zelensky of Ukraine said the front lines had seen artillery fire and drone attacks, and that his troops were responding. Russia accused Ukraine of breaking the cease-fire.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said that he had ordered his forces to “stop all military activity” from Saturday evening through Sunday. Ukraine’s leader said Putin was trying to “play with people’s lives.”
Many thought President Trump would be able to finish the war. Now they are not so sure.
We called it Votvot — Russian for “any minute now.”
The immigration crackdown has come to America’s campuses.
Una temporada turística que se extiende de octubre a marzo ha sido de todo menos alegre para algunos residentes de Rovaniemi, la “Ciudad natal oficial de Papá Noel”.
“Si no es posible poner fin a la guerra en Ucrania, tenemos que pasar a otra cosa”, dijo el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio al salir de unas reuniones en París.
Italian officials have identified the four people who died in a cable car accident on Thursday. The ride was popular with locals and visitors because of its breathtaking views.
Italian food producers worry that tariffs may price them out of the American market amid competition from U.S. goods that look and sound as if they are from Italy.
A measure to limit day tourism on peak days began for the second year on Friday, charging day trippers five euros (or 10 for the spontaneous traveler).
In Washington, President Trump lavished praise on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy. He also accepted her invitation to visit Rome.
Noise complaints led the authorities to halt street performances in Leicester Square. Some miss the music. Others found the noise “bloody annoying.”
El presidente Macron pidió la creación de una comisión conjunta franco-haitiana de historiadores para examinar “dos siglos de historia, incluido el impacto de la indemnización de 1825 en Haití”.
Majorca, in the Mediterranean, is known for its nightlife, but it offers hiking, biking and trail running worth getting up early for.
This butchery bacchanal, one of London’s most exclusive dinner reservations, has become an influencer magnet.
“If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he departed meetings in Paris.
Recientemente se ha determinado que el artista pintó su última obra, “Raíces de árbol”, en Auvers-sur-Oise. Las raíces aún existen, lo que ha provocado una lucha por su conservación.
The signed memorandum of understanding was thin on details, and the White House did not comment. But President Trump has said he expects to sign a minerals deal with Kyiv soon.
A fifth person was in critical condition after the cable car rolled down a mountainside. Nine others were trapped in a different cable car because of the crash and had to be rescued.
After two centuries, a contrite tone from President Emmanuel Macron, though no talk of reparations for French actions that thwarted the development of its former colony.
The trade war has hurt the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy luxury empire. Bernard Arnault, head of the company, said a failure to strike a deal with President Trump would be “the fault of Brussels.”
Giorgia Meloni visited the White House representing Italy and the rest of Europe, which are seeking more lasting tariff relief.
President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted a lunch with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s envoy, as European delegations converged on Paris.
Cyclists comprise the highest number of road fatalities in the Netherlands. The country has introduced a campaign to promote helmets, but many cyclists are not convinced.
Policymakers lowered rates a quarter point and said that the region’s growth outlook had “deteriorated” because of rising trade tensions.
Jerome Powell has said that the Federal Reserve can be patient as the effects of tariffs become more clear. President Trump, pushing for interest rate cuts, said, “Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!”
President Trump and right-wing politicians in Europe have railed against trans rights. Britain’s top court has now added its voice to the discussion.
In his personal, engaging new book, “Sorrowful Mysteries,” the novelist and journalist Stephen Harrigan explores the enduring power of the Virgin of Fatima.
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Vitalii Dribnytsia engages with Russians online to correct Kremlin propaganda about Ukraine. Over time, he has come to realize his more important audience is Ukrainians themselves.
Despite Europe’s size, economic might and longstanding alliances with Washington, Trump officials have made clear it is not a priority, European officials say.
An American who had lived abroad, he sought out books by up-and-coming German writers, while ghostwriting memoirs for rock stars like Paul Stanley.
Aleksei B. Smirnov, together with his deputy and other accomplices, was accused of embezzling money earmarked for building defenses that failed to prevent a Ukrainian attack in Kursk.
Among many other accomplishments, he led tiny Trinidad and Tobago to the World Cup and Poland to its first appearance in the European championships.
The government, along with two other Baltic nations and Poland, agreed last month to quit the 1997 accord that prohibits from using anti-personnel mines. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was cited as a key reason.
El máximo tribunal del Reino Unido dictaminó que la palabra “mujer” se refiere al sexo biológico según la Ley de Igualdad del país, lo cual representa un golpe para los activistas de los derechos de las personas trans.
The Berlin doctor, who was not named because of privacy laws, is also accused of setting fire to some of the patients’ homes to hide evidence.
Although the pontiff has begun meeting with more people, he remains frail and will not lead important Easter events, the Vatican announced.
Europeans tend to keep more of their money in cash, gaining some protection from the recent market volatility. But President Trump’s tariffs will have an effect, experts said.
The case highlighted the perils of independent journalism amid an intensified Kremlin crackdown on freedom of expression.
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Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that the word “woman” refers to biological sex under the country’s anti-discrimination law, in a blow to trans rights activists.
Journalists at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty who have been imprisoned for their work are dismayed by the effort to close the outlet.
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A Times investigation shows Therme, a European firm, exaggerated its track record in securing a deal with Ontario, and government auditors found that the process had been unfair and opaque.
Trump’s worldview is stuck in the 1970s, and his whole administration is a cruel farce.
With a demand for exotic felines on the rise, often driven by social media, endangered and protected populations are under even more threat.
The numbers raise concerns about the risk of genetic anomalies as those children eventually seek partners and give birth.
Francesco Vezzoli’s apartment and studio are tributes to his lifelong fascination with the Memphis Group design collective.
The artist’s apartment and studio in Milan display his large collection of Memphis Group furniture, as well as midcentury vases by the designer and sculptor Giovanni Gariboldi.