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Africa was vital to Francis’s papacy — and will shape the church’s future
One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...
How Pope Francis united a once-skeptical Church with climate action
Pope Francis, who chose his papal name after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...
Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony
The funeral drew world leaders, including President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who had a talk in the ...
World leaders and mourners of the Catholic faith gather in Vatican City for Pope Francis' funeral
Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. Many world leaders are expected to attend his funeral in Vatican City, including ...
Among the meek and the mighty, Catholics bury their ‘people’s pope’
The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...
Pope Francis was the first Jesuit pope of the Catholic Church. What is a Jesuit?
The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and ...
Pope Francis, who sought a more pastoral church, laid to rest in a majestic ceremony; Trump, Biden attend
Vatican City • In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday ...
Will claims of anti-Catholic bias prove pivotal in blockbuster Supreme Court case?
The Catholic dioceses hoping to run the nation's first religious charter school say anti-Catholic bias was behind many states ...
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Catholic Tradition Remains at Pope Francis’s Funeral
In today’s newsletter, the ritualistic sights and scenes at Pope Francis’s funeral. Plus: I watched the funeral for Pope ...
Francis is remembered as a ‘pope among the people' as he is laid to rest
According to Vatican estimates, some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral Mass at the Vatican and 150,000 more lined the ...
Pope Francis is laid to rest: What's next for the Catholic Church?
As thousands of people gather in Rome to remember the life of Pope Francis at a funeral in St. Peter’s Square, Fr. John ...
How Pope Francis fought the church – and lost
When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals’ ...