Author: Francis, ‘the pope of tenderness,’ had ‘a heart operating’ on God’s frequency April 26, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News From the first moments of his papacy, Pope Francis was heard using one particular word in his pontifical speeches. For him, it was a reminder that God is not the one who punishes, but the one who loves, and that the church, led by him, should seek to be the same — the church of “tenderness.”
Rome’s needy bid farewell to pope who lifted them up from misery April 25, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News The poor, Cardinal Krajewski confirmed, will also be present on the footsteps of the Basilica of St. Mary Major where Francis will be buried April 26 following the funeral Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica.
Washington Roundup: Trump, Biden to attend papal funeral; ‘Anti-Christian bias’ task force convened April 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, a bipartisan congressional delegation, and former President Joe Biden are among the U.S. officials traveling to Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral.
Convicted Cardinal Becciu’s presence in conclave is open question April 25, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Whether Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who relinquished the rights associated with being a cardinal after he was forced to resign in 2020, will be able to enter the conclave to elect a new pope is an ongoing question.
Top contenders for papacy after Pope Francis at a glance April 25, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News The pre-conclave gatherings give an opportunity for cardinals to emerge as possible papal candidates as the cardinals discuss the issues facing the church and qualities desired in the next pope. The following figures are potential contenders to become the 267th successor of St. Peter.
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.
