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Pope Francis’ tomb opens to visitors at Roman basilica, as 200K attend special Mass at St Peter’s Square
The tomb of Pope Francis opened for visitors at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Sunday, a day after world leaders and a crowd of hundreds of thousands attended the funeral of the late leader of the Catholic Church.
Roman Catholic faithful are filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica. Many are administering the sign of the cross or snapping photos on their cell phones, as ushers urge them to keep moving to accommodate the thousands who flocked to the Rome basilica to see the tomb, forming a long line outside. The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect the next pope.
A single white rose was placed on the tomb that said «Franciscus» – the pope’s name in Latin. A light cast its warm glow over the tomb and a reproduction of the late pontiff’s pectoral cross on the wall above it.
The wait time is about an hour, according to SkyTV. Some visitors arrived before dawn so that they could get in at 7 a.m. when the tomb first opened.
An estimated 200,000 people also attended a special Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state.
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Parolin – a close collaborator of Francis – delivered a much-anticipated homily. He is considered No. 2 at the Vatican and is one of the possible contenders to be the next pope.
«The shepherd whom the Lord gave to his people, Pope Francis, has ended his earthly life and has left us,» Parolin said in his homily. «The grief at his departure, the sense of sadness that assails us, the turmoil we feel in our hearts, the sense of bewilderment: we are experiencing all of this, like the apostles grieving over the death of Jesus. Yet, the Gospel tells us that it is precisely in these moments of darkness that the Lord comes to us with the light of the resurrection, to illuminate our hearts.»
Parolin emphasized that God’s mercy was a central focus of the late Argentinian pope.
«He reminded us that ‘mercy’ is the very name of God, and, therefore, no one can put a limit on his merciful love with which he wants to raise us up and make us new people. It is important to welcome as a precious treasure this principle on which Pope Francis insisted so much. And – allow me to say – our affection for him, which is being manifested in this time, must not remain a mere emotion of the moment; we must welcome his legacy and make it part of our lives, opening ourselves to God’s mercy and also being merciful to one another,» Parolin said. «Mercy takes us back to the heart of faith.»
Parolin added, «Only mercy heals and creates a new world, putting out the fires of distrust, hatred and violence: this is the great teaching of Pope Francis.»
Among those in attendance were many young people who originally came to Rome for what was supposed to be the canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, during special holy days devoted to teenagers.
About 80,000 youths had registered to attend the Jubilee. Many groups of youths, some in scouting uniforms, attended Francis’ funeral on Saturday and again filled St. Peter’s Square for the special Mass on Sunday.
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Boy Scouts participating in the Jubilee of Teenagers attended a mass presided over by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
«The joy of Easter, which sustains us in this time of trial and sadness, is something that can almost be touched in this square today; you can see it etched above all in your faces, dear children and young people who have come from all over the world to celebrate the Jubilee,» Parolin said. «You come from so many places: from all of the dioceses of Italy, from Europe, from the United States to Latin America, from Africa to Asia, from the United Arab Emirates… With you here, the whole world is truly present!»
No date has yet been set for the conclave, but it is expected to start between May 5 and May 10.
Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it reflects his «humble, simple and essential» life, the archbishop who administers the basilica said Friday.
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Cardinals who traveled to Rome for Francis’ funeral will be meeting regularly this week ahead of the conclave as they start to chart a way forward for the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church.
At 4 p.m. on Sunday, the cardinals will go to pray at Francis’ tomb.
Italian media reported that former President Joe Biden met privately with Parolin on Saturday. In 2015, the two met when Biden sought the comfort of the cardinal after the death of his son Beau.
Fox News’ Courtney Walsh-Annesi and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Paul Ingrassia withdrew his nomination to lead a government watchdog agency on Tuesday after his inflammatory rhetoric came to a head this week in a report about race-fueled text messages he purportedly sent.
Ingrassia’s decision to remove himself from consideration to head the Office of Special Counsel came two days before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs was set to consider his nomination.
«I will be withdrawing myself from Thursday’s HSGAC hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time,» Ingrassia wrote on social media.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., quashed all hope of Ingrassia’s confirmation on Monday, saying, «He’s not going to pass.» When asked on Tuesday if it would be a mistake for Ingrassia to appear for his hearing, Thune laughed and said, «Yeah.»
KEY TRUMP NOMINEES STALLED BY SENATE DEMS PUTS PRESSURE ON GOP LEADERS
Paul Ingrassia, White House Liaison to the Justice Department, left, announces the release of brothers Andrew and Matthew Valentin outside the D.C. Central Detention Facility on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Pete Kiehart/The Washington Post)
Ingrassia, 30, said in a group chat, according to Politico, that he sometimes had a «Nazi streak» in him, and he used the term «moulignon,» an Italian slur for Black people, to call for doing away with Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month.
The leaked chat was only the latest controversy as Ingrassia has floated around the administration serving in two different roles.
In July, Ingrassia faced a formal complaint from a lower-ranking female colleague who alleged, according to Politico, that when they arrived at a hotel for a work trip in Orlando, she found she did not have a room and was informed by Ingrassia that she would be sharing one with him. The woman, who did end up sharing a room with him, later retracted the complaint and Ingrassia also disputed it.
Ingrassia has publicly defended social media influencer and self-described «misogynist» Andrew Tate, and previously worked at a law firm that said he was on Tate’s legal team before his July 2024 admission to the New York bar. Tate and his brother face U.K. charges of rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain, filed by the Crown Prosecution Service in May 2025. They deny the allegations.
Ingrassia was first hired as a White House liaison at the Department of Justice, where he was briefly put in charge of hiring Trump loyalists at the department. But he abruptly left and took a job at the Department of Homeland Security instead.
President Donald Trump nominated Ingrassia in May to lead the Office of Special Counsel, an independent agency (unaffiliated with the DOJ) that vets workplace complaints from federal employees.
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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
«Paul is a highly respected attorney, writer, and Constitutional Scholar, who has done a tremendous job serving as my White House Liaison for Homeland Security,» Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time.
Ingrassia rejected Politico’s characterization of the text messages, saying through his lawyer that even if they were real, «they clearly read as self-deprecating and satirical humor making fun of the fact that liberals outlandishly and routinely call MAGA supporters ‘Nazis.’»
Ingrassia has been scrutinized time and again for controversial writings, and pressure had been building on Trump to yank his nomination.
In a since deleted X post days after Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel, Ingrassia called the Palestine-Israel conflict a «psyop.»
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate (C) arrives at the Municipal Court of Bucharest, Romania, on June 21, 2023. (Daniel MihailescuI/AFP via Getty Images)
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A coalition of Jewish organizations was among those who called for Ingrassia’s nomination to be withdrawn.
«Mr. Ingrassia’s public statements and associations with people who espouse antisemitic, racist, and misogynistic views, raise serious questions about his ability to carry out these responsibilities with the integrity, impartiality, and commitment required of the office,» the coalition wrote.
A White House official confirmed to Fox News Digital that Ingrassia was no longer the nominee.
Alex Miller contributed to this report.
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Trump suspendió su cumbre con Putin y presiona a Zelenski para que le ceda una región de Ucrania a Rusia
El presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, suspendió este martes su cumbre pautada en Budapest con su par ruso, Vladimir Putin, ante la falta de progresos en las negociaciones de alto el fuego en Ucrania.
“No quiero una reunión inútil. No quiero perder el tiempo”, dijo Trump al ser preguntado por periodistas en la Casa Blanca sobre los motivos de esta decisión. Además, señaló que Rusia y Ucrania deberían replegar tropas simplemente para poner freno a la matanza.
El secretario de Estado norteamericano, Marco Rubio, habló por teléfono el lunes con el canciller ruso, Serguéi Lavrov, después de que Trump anunciara que los dos funcionarios se reunirían esta semana para organizar la reunión bilateral en la capital de Hungría.
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“Rubio y Lavrov mantuvieron una productiva conversación telefónica. No es necesaria una reunión presencial adicional entre el secretario y el ministro y no hay planes para que el presidente Trump se reúna con el presidente Putin en el futuro inmediato”, dijo un funcionario de la Casa Blanca.
El Kremlin también declaró que no había una fecha precisa para una cumbre.
Desde Kiev, un funcionario ucraniano admitió que Trump presionó al presidente Volodimir Zelenski para que cediera a Moscú la región del Dombás, en el este de Ucrania, que está bajo control militar ruso.
Rusia descartó un alto el fuego
Rusia descartó hoy un alto el fuego en Ucrania y dijo que deben solventar las causas originales del conflicto antes de poner fin a la guerra, en alusión a las aspiraciones de Kiev de ingresar en la OTAN y la defensa de los derechos de los rusoparlantes.
“Lo importante, de todas formas, no es el lugar ni los plazos (de la próxima cumbre), sino cómo vamos a avanzar en lo que fue acordado y sobre lo que se alcanzó un amplio entendimiento en Anchorage (Alaska)”, dijo Lavrov en rueda de prensa. Putin y Trump se reunieron en una cumbre bilateral celebrada el pasado agosto en esa ciudad estadounidense.
Una nueva reunión presidencial estaba fijada en breve. La habían pactado ambos mandatarios durante una llamada telefónica mantenida el jueves pasado. Al día siguiente Trump tenía previsto reunirse con Zelenski, para abordar el suministro de misiles Tomahawk de fabricación estadounidense que podrían penetrar profundamente en Rusia. Donald Trump y Vladimir Putin suspenden su pautada cumbre bilateral. (Foto: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Trump describió la llamada como un avance y rápidamente publicó en redes sociales que se reuniría con Putin en Budapest dentro de dos semanas. Ahora todo quedó en suspenso.
El mandatario estadounidense admitió su frustración con Putin tras jactarse durante mucho tiempo de que podría poner fin a la guerra en un día tras regresar a la Casa Blanca, debido a su química personal con el líder ruso.
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Pero el líder estadounidense también está frustrado con Zelenski, al que no consigue torcer el brazo en cuanto a concesiones territoriales concretas.
Trump presionó a Zelenski para que cediera la región del Dombás, en el este de Ucrania, prácticamente bajo entero control ruso, durante las tensas conversaciones del pasado viernes, según informó un funcionario ucraniano.
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La fuente agregó que las conversaciones con Trump “no fueron fáciles” y que los esfuerzos diplomáticos para poner fin a la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania parecían estar “prolongándose” y “dando vueltas en círculo”.
Trump pidió la semana pasada tanto a Moscú como a Kiev que detuvieran la guerra en las líneas de batalla actuales y no hizo referencias públicas a que Kiev cediera territorio.
Pero cuando se le preguntó si Trump instó a Zelenski a retirarse de las tierras que Ucrania aún controlaba, una de las principales demandas de Putin, el funcionario ucraniano afirmó: “Sí, es cierto”.
Zelenski salió de la reunión con las manos vacías después de que Trump se negara a anunciar públicamente la entrega de los misiles de largo alcance Tomahawk.
Ucrania considera que el Dombás, una zona mayormente industrial que abarca las regiones orientales de Lugansk y Donetsk, es una parte inseparable de su territorio y rechazó en muchas ocasiones la idea de cederlo.
Los líderes europeos también rechazan la idea de que Ucrania ceda territorio, y apoyan en su lugar la propuesta de que los combates se congelen en las líneas del frente actuales.
En una declaración conjunta publicada el martes, líderes como Emmanuel Macron, de Francia; Giorgia Meloni, de Italia, y Keir Starmer, de Gran Bretaña, advirtieron que Rusia no estaba “comprometida seriamente con la paz”.
(Con información de AFP y EFE)
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US military opens coordination center in Israel for Gaza stabilization and aid efforts amid ceasefire
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Five days after world leaders endorsed a U.S.-brokered plan to end the Israel-Hamas war, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Friday opened a Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in southern Israel to serve as the main hub for Gaza stabilization efforts.
The CMCC is designed to support stabilization efforts, according to a news release.
Sources told Fox News last week that roughly 200 U.S. troops had arrived in Israel, along with a C-17 transport plane packed with command-and-control equipment and supplies.
U.S. military personnel will not deploy into Gaza, focusing on facilitating the flow of humanitarian, logistical and security assistance from international counterparts into Gaza.
VANCE WARNS HAMAS AS GAZA PEACE PLAN’S CIVILIAN MILITARY COOPERATION CENTER OPENS
Vice President JD Vance, center, and CENTCOM Adm. Brad Cooper, left, look on as U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks following a military briefing at the Civilian Military Coordination Center in southern Israel Tuesday. (Nathan Howard/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
«Bringing together stakeholders who share the goal of successful stabilization in Gaza is essential for a peaceful transition,» CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a news release. «Over the next two weeks, U.S. personnel will integrate representatives from partner nations, non-governmental organizations, international institutions and the private sector as they arrive to the coordination center.»
The CMCC will also oversee implementation of the ceasefire agreement with an operations floor designed to track real-time developments in Gaza.
US MILITARY TO OVERSEE NEXT PHASE OF PEACE DEAL FROM COORDINATION BASE IN ISRAEL
A Palestinian man collects food from a humanitarian aid distribution point in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. (Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Its offices and meeting spaces are structured to «foster collaborative planning among leaders, representatives and staff,» according to the release.
Fox News has learned that the CMCC will be located a few miles northeast of Gaza.
About 200 U.S. service members with expertise in transportation, planning, security, logistics and engineering established the CMCC under the leadership of U.S. Army Central commander Lt. Gen. Patrick Frank.
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Destroyed buildings in Gaza, as seen from Israel. (Reuters)
«The team worked tirelessly to build the CMCC from the ground up,» Cooper wrote in a statement. «They can take great pride in knowing that they have built something that is critical to enabling the transition to civilian governance in Gaza.»
Due to the large tunnel network under Gaza City, tunnels will need to be filled to make the ground stable enough for construction.
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Hamas has yet to return all 28 bodies of deceased hostages, delaying the start of the next stage.
Israel, which has reiterated its commitment to recovering every hostage’s remains, received the bodies of seven identified hostages this week, along with one Palestinian mistakenly included among them.
Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin and Fox News Digital’s Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
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