The King, the Queen, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) and Archbishop Martin Modéus will attend Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday. It is natural to be there and pay tribute to him, says Kristersson.
Swedish politicsPope Pius VII was kidnapped by French forces and locked up for five years. In a letter that is now being auctioned off, Napoleon swears himself free from responsibility. "It was without my orders and my will", writes the emperor.
WorldAll three Serie A matches that were to be played now on Saturday are being moved to avoid clashing with the funeral of Pope Francis.
FootballHe becomes the first Swede ever to participate in the conclave's top-secret work of electing a new pope. Himself, Sweden's and the Nordic countries' only cardinal, Anders Arborelius, has grown tired of the question of whether he can be considered to succeed Pope Francis.
SwedenThe Catholic world is in mourning after Pope Francis' passing – but there is no time for rest. The funeral will be held on Saturday at St. Peter's Square, the Vatican's cardinals have decided. The Pope's final moment is described as painless.
WorldIn the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, there is an icon of the Virgin Mary that became Pope Francis' favorite. Probably, it is for this reason that the deceased pope requested to be buried there – not in the crypt beneath St. Peter's Basilica where over 90 popes have been laid to rest.
WorldIn the Catholic cathedral in Stockholm, visitors mourn the passing of Pope Francis. One of them is Monick Tello – who saw the Pope in the Vatican State as recently as yesterday. "For me, it was a great shock," she says about the news of his death.
WorldPope Francis has had enormous significance. Partly for how the church is organized – and partly for Catholicism's image. This says religious researcher Tobias Hägerland.
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