Here is a timeline of some significant events in Pope Francis’ 12-year pontificate:
Pope Francis’ pontificate: A timeline
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Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican
Vatican announces canonization of Blessed Acutis is postponed
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With the death of Pope Francis, the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, which was scheduled for April 27, has been postponed.
U.S. cardinal announces pope’s death to the world
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Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, the “camerlengo” or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, announced to the world that Pope Francis had died April 21 at the age of 88.
Changing the world demands changing direction, pope writes for Way of Cross
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Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News
Today’s “builders of Babel” are constructing a hell on earth, rejecting everyone they decide are “losers,” Pope Francis wrote in the meditations for the Way of the Cross.
Love, not power saves the world, papal preacher says at service with Vance
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Jesus, who redeemed humanity by giving up his life on the cross, shows that it is not strength that saves the world, but the “weakness” of boundless love, the papal preacher told thousands of people gathered for the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, including U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
Vatican inaugurates nursery school for employees’ children
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The Vatican inaugurated a nursery school for children of Vatican employees April 14.
God always waits, goes looking for those who are lost, pope says
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The Gospel contains a great message of hope, “because it tells us that wherever we are lost and however we are lost, God always comes looking for us!” said the text for Pope Francis’ weekly general audience.
Pope advances sainthood cause of famed Spanish architect, five others
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Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and five men, including Antoni Gaudí, the Spanish architect who designed the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain.
Aiding migrants ‘goes against the tide’ today, top Jesuit says
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Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Using forced deportations and detainment to deal with migration is “a scandal,” said Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits.
Riches can be burdens, preventing people from following Jesus, pope says
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Jesus loves people as they are, not based on their merit or righteousness, said the text for Pope Francis’ weekly general audience.
Pope begins to receive very limited visits, Vatican says
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As Pope Francis continues his recovery at the Vatican, he is very slowly beginning to get back to his old routine of meeting with top Vatican officials, the Vatican press office said.
Pope sends papal almoner to deliver ambulances funded by US Catholics
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Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, was driving one of four ambulances donated to Ukraine with the help of U.S. Catholics.
