The cardinal leading the pope’s funeral mass appeared to criticise US president Donald Trump in his homily. “‘Build bridges, not walls’ was an exhortation [Francis] repeated many times,” said Cardinal ...

The funeral of the 266th pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church began bathed in gorgeous golden Roman light. After a two-hour ceremony filled with pageantry, tradition and a few new takes on old ...

During his homily, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re echoed Pope Francis’ call to “build bridges, not walls." During President Trump’s 2016 election campaign, when he promised to build a wall at the ...