The pope's body will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome starting April 23 and mourners can pay respects ahead of his funeral on April 26.

The Pope requested a "simple" tomb bearing only the inscription "Franciscus", according to his final testament.

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An Irish man who was shot dead by police in England last week has been named as David Joyce who was originally from County Galway. The 38-year-old died after he sustained a single gunshot wound ...

An Irish man who was shot dead by police in England last week has been named as David Joyce who was originally from County Galway. The 38-year-old died after he sustained a single gunshot wound after ...

A man shot dead by police in Milton Keynes in England last week has been named as Irishman David Joyce. Presenter with TRT World Enda Brady told Newstalk Breakfast that there were reports of a man ...

They were scheduled to pray at three memorial sites and meet with ... several veterans who survived the battle, to honour the war dead from both sides.