Thousands wait hours to pay respects to Pope Francis April 24, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News After the casket bearing Pope Francis’ body was placed in St. Peter’s Basilica, tens of thousands of mourners lined up to pay their respects.
Real conclaves: They aren’t the thrillers seen in film, professor says April 24, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Novels and films that include or revolve around a conclave often include nefarious plotting, or at least politicking, and attempts to wing it when it comes to the rules for electing a new pope.
Pope Francis’ was a pontificate of personal, practical ecumenism April 24, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News The pontificate of Pope Francis did not result in breakthrough theological agreements with other Christians, but huge strides were made in personal relations and practical cooperation.
While holding line on priesthood, Pope Francis promoted women’s roles April 24, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Asserting that the Catholic Church needed the gifts and experiences of women, Pope Francis appointed several women to top positions in the Roman Curia, including the first female prefect of a major dicastery, and worked to ensure their contributions were recognized in parishes and dioceses around the world.
High court hears Maryland parents’ case seeking classroom opt-out of LGBTQ+ themed books April 24, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court April 22 heard a case concerning a request from an interfaith group of Maryland parents to allow them to opt their children out of classroom instruction pertaining to books containing LGBTQ+ themes to which they object on religious grounds.
Buffalo Diocese reaches ‘settlement in principle’ in bankruptcy case April 24, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., has reached a potential agreement with abuse survivors five years after filing for bankruptcy.
Pope, a ‘son of immigrants,’ leaves legacy of migrant advocacy April 24, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Remembering Pope Francis, World News When Pope Francis chose the small Italian island of Lampedusa as the destination for his first trip outside Rome after his election, he signaled to the world that migration would be a defining issue of his pontificate.
Pope Francis and persistent habit of ‘maybe’ April 24, 2025By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Remembering Pope Francis The legacy of Pope Francis is large and complex, with plenty of high points. But part of it is ambiguity and verbal confusion on matters of church doctrine, pointing to a need for clarification by whoever succeeds Francis on the chair of Peter.
Question Corner: How do God’s will and the Holy Spirit play a role in a conclave? April 24, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner The solitude and isolation of the conclave is meant to foster almost a retreat-like atmosphere, which should make it easier for cardinals to listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
St. Faustina and visions behind Divine Mercy Sunday April 24, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, Saints, World News Between 1931 and 1938, a young nun named Sister Maria Faustina claimed to have experienced a series of visions, messages and conversations in which our Lord Jesus asked her to establish a devotion to his Divine Mercy.
How to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet April 24, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Divine Worship, News, World News One popular devotion is the Divine Mercy Chaplet, often said at 3 p.m. in honor of the hour Christ died.
Pope’s life, leadership, placed Latin America at center of the church April 24, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News As the pope of the peripheries, Pope Francis brought the heart, mind and soul of the Catholic Church in Latin America from what he called the “ends of the earth” to the center of Christendom.
