Father Zollner: Listening to victims a trademark of Pope Francis’ pontificate April 25, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News One of the world’s top experts on clerical sexual abuse, Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, said Pope Francis will be remembered as a pontiff who made listening to victims of abuse one of the trademarks of his pontificate — a habit that made him a model for other bishops and leaders in the church.
A way with words: Pope Francis wove vivid metaphors April 25, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Teaching high school literature before and after becoming a priest, Pope Francis possessed an extensive background in the themes and devices in literature and cinema.
Synods and synodality: Pope Francis’ method, vision for church April 25, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Synodality, Vatican, World News While Pope Francis often bucked formality and sidestepped some offices of the Roman Curia, one institution he believed in deeply was the Synod of Bishops and — even more — the notion of “synodality.”
He gave a face to the faceless: Francis is remembered as the pope of the poor April 25, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News In the last years of his papacy, the world saw the more serious, concerned and suffering face of Pope Francis. But with one group he was always beaming, always smiling and always cheerful: the poor.
State Department urged to prioritize human rights, humanitarian aid in reorganization April 24, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, DOGE cuts, News, World News Debates over a plan to reorganize the State Department should seek to improve American “efforts in the world at diplomacy and global citizenship,” and should prioritize human rights and humanitarian efforts, a leading foreign policy expert told OSV News.
Cardinals choose prelates to offer reflections on church, future pope April 24, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Uncategorized A Benedictine abbot and a Capuchin cardinal will offer spiritual meditations on the needs of the Catholic Church to the cardinals preparing to elect a new pope, according to the Vatican press office.
Baltimore bunting for late pope has personal touch April 24, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Uncategorized Catholic churches around the world have draped black bunting around their doors as a symbol of mourning the April 21 death of Pope Francis.
Pope Francis a reflection of Christ’s tenderness, mercy April 24, 2025By Andrew Likoudis Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Remembering Pope Francis Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, radiated the deep joy of one who truly believed in the Resurrection. His smile, simplicity, and sense of humor made him not only a beloved spiritual father but also a reflection of the risen Christ’s tenderness and mercy.
Poor to welcome pope’s casket to St. Mary Major where simple tomb is ready April 24, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Given the late Pope Francis’ care and concern for the poor, a representative group of them has been formally invited to welcome his casket to Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major for burial.
Cardinals mourn Pope Francis as Vatican meetings begin ahead of conclave April 24, 2025By Ines San Martin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News As they entered the Vatican to participate in a series of meetings leading up to the election of Pope Francis’ successor, several cardinals spoke to the media, emphasizing that they are still mourning the Argentine pontiff — not yet choosing his successor.
The Marian devotion of Pope Francis April 24, 2025By Robert Fastiggi OSV News Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Pope Francis must be remembered for his deep Marian piety. In speaking to a group of young people in Rome on June 29, 2014 — the Solemnity of St. Peter and Paul — he famously said: “A Christian without the Madonna is an orphan.”
How to Watch the Funeral of Pope Francis April 24, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican Pope Francis’ funeral is scheduled for April 26 at 10 a.m. Rome time (4 a.m. EDT in Baltimore) in St. Peter’s Square, with burial to follow at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major.
