The Pope’s Funeral – The New York Times
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The Pope’s Funeral – The New York Times

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines VATICAN CITY — A patchwork of clergy in red, white, purple and black vestments. World leaders including President Trump seated on the stairs of St. Peter’s Basilica for an outdoor ceremony. A simple cypress casket. Haunting chants and some 200,000 faithful embraced by…

Prelude to a Funeral – The New York Times
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Prelude to a Funeral – The New York Times

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Francis set the stage for his own mourning late last year, when he approved a simplified procedure for papal funeral rituals. Simplicity, of course, is relative — in this case to the breathtaking grandeur bequeathed by centuries of Roman Catholic tradition. The procession…

A Deadly Earthquake Rocks a Pillar of a Buddhist Nation: Its Monks
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A Deadly Earthquake Rocks a Pillar of a Buddhist Nation: Its Monks

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The body lay wrapped in a maroon robe as a small cluster of mourners gathered last week to pay their respects. Buddhist monks chanted verses, praying for the deceased, who had been one of them. One monk, Ashin Javanar Linkhara, then held his…

Ukrainians Mourn Many Killed in Russian Strike Near Playground
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Ukrainians Mourn Many Killed in Russian Strike Near Playground

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Their lives intersected around a playground on a sunny Friday evening in Kryvyi Rih, a city in central Ukraine. Kostiantyn Novik, 16, had come with his cousin to hang out with friends. Serhii Smotolok, a 57-year-old welder, was nursing a beer nearby on…

At James Earl Jones Memorial, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg Share Stories
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At James Earl Jones Memorial, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg Share Stories

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Denzel Washington called him his “northern star.” Whoopi Goldberg said “getting to see him onstage was heaven.” Some of the most notable names in show business gathered in Times Square on Monday afternoon for a starry, and sometimes emotional, send-off for James Earl…

Francis Is in Critical Condition. What Happens When a Pope Dies?
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Francis Is in Critical Condition. What Happens When a Pope Dies?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Catholic world is gripped with uncertainty as Pope Francis, 88, remains in critical condition in a Rome hospital because of a complex lung infection and other serious ailments. On Monday, the Vatican said Francis had awakened from a restful sleep and was…

Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.
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Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Margery Hop Wong bade her older brother goodbye in 1943, she was just a 12-year-old girl who loved it when he took her for joy rides in his used convertible around the apple orchards their family worked. Yuen Hop left their home…

Kamala Harris Shares a Trump-less Photo of Presidents at Jimmy Carter’s Funeral
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Kamala Harris Shares a Trump-less Photo of Presidents at Jimmy Carter’s Funeral

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Thursday brought together five current and former presidents. But photos of the group later shared to social media by Vice President Kamala Harris and the Carter Center left one of them out of frame: President-elect Donald J….

Jimmy Carter Remembered in Washington as a ‘Practitioner of Good Works’
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Jimmy Carter Remembered in Washington as a ‘Practitioner of Good Works’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The nation bade farewell to former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday with a majestic state funeral for a man who saw himself as anything but, remembering a peanut farmer from Georgia who rose to the heights of power and used it to fight…