Fox News Media To Cover Services For Pope Francis

FOX News Media will present special live coverage of the services commemorating the life of Pope Francis on Saturday, April 26th in Rome across FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX News Audio, FOX News Digital and FOX Nation.

Anchored by FNC’s executive editor and anchor of The Story Martha MacCallum, the network will broadcast “The Funeral of Pope Francis” beginning at 3 AM/ET on Saturday live from Rome. The special will also feature contributions from chief religion correspondent Lauren Green, contributor Jonathan Morris and correspondents Alex Hogan and Connor Hansen. MacCallum will helm coverage leading up to and throughout Pope Francis’ funeral mass which will begin at 4 AM/ET in St. Peter’s Square.

FOX Nation, FOX News Media’s streaming service, will live stream coverage of the funeral services from 3-7 AM/ET.

FOX News Audio will provide continuous coverage of the services across its platforms. FOX News Radio (FNR) will deliver top-of-the-hour and bottom-of-the-hour news updates for affiliates across the nation with FNR’s Jonathan Savage reporting live from Rome. 

FOX News Podcasts will also feature special content surrounding the ceremony with the FOX News Hourly Update podcast providing updates during the service and contributor Jonathan Morris joining the FOX News Rundown Podcast to break down the conclave process.

FOX News Digital’s coverage will feature original reporting, analysis and up-to-the-minute updates on its live blog which begins at 12 AM/ET on Saturday. A livestream will be available on FOXNews.com.