The church choir echoed through loudspeakers ... His son, Antony, who was sitting on his father’s shoulders draped in a Lebanese flag, said that although he was sad the pope had died, he was ...

C hurch bells tolled across Rome, and tributes have been pouring in from leaders around the world after the Vatican on Monday ...

VATICAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Church bid farewell to the first ... Some wrapped themselves in national flags — Brazil, Lebanon, Australia — while others carried banners honoring Francis.

After the Catholic Church announced the death of Pope Francis ... the Palestinian state and authorized the Palestinian flag to be raised in the Vatican.” Hamas also issued a statement of ...

“We will never forget his repeated calls to protect Lebanon and preserve its identity and diversity,” Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said. He called Pope Francis’s death “a loss for all ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died ... Palestinian state and authorised the Palestinian flag to be raised in the Vatican”.

‘A loss for humanity’ – Lebanon “We will never forget his repeated calls to protect Lebanon and preserve its identity and diversity,” Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said. He called Pope ...

Lebanon also declared three days of mourning for the pope’s demise. During the mourning period, flags will be flown ... condolences to the Catholic Church, Christians, and people around the ...

Flags flew at half-staff at government buildings and days of official mourning began in a number of countries including Italy, Brazil, Lebanon ... the tendency of many church leaders to put ...

Flags on all government departments ... A statue of St. Maroun, founder of the Maronite Church, the largest church in Lebanon, also stands on the outer wall of Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.