Kielce Gussie gave the first reading at the funeral mass held for Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on Saturday, April 26, ...

Kielce Gussie, a U.S. journalist who works for Vatican News, gave the first reading at the funeral of Pope Francis.

The honor of delivering the first reading at Pope Francis’ funeral Mass on Saturday fell to Kielce Gussie, an American who ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always ...

Adams Molina and his wife, Millie, drove into Reading from their home in Temple to St. Peter’s on Monday night to participate ...

Guests at the Vatican service were told of the Pope's call to "build bridges", as Trump and Zelensky were pictured meeting ...

Pope Francis’ coffin is closed and sealed in St. Peter’s Basilica in a private ceremony on Friday evening, April 25, 2025, ...

Pope Francis' funeral details including a full schedule and what to expect from the Novendiali, a nine-day period of mourning ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

The bells of St. Peter’s tolled Wednesday as the body of Pope Francis was transferred from the Vatican hotel where he lived ...

American Kielce Gussie, who works as a journalist at Vatican News, did the first reading in English -- several verses from the Acts of the Apostles -- at the funeral of Pope Francis. Gussie, ...

Saturday’s funeral will kick off the traditional Novendiales, nine consecutive days of mourning for the suffrage of the late ...