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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’ approach to key issues did not fit neatly in U.S. politics, experts say April 23, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ approach to key issues including his concern for the environment, immigration and abortion did not fit neatly into American political ideologies, Catholic political and theology experts told OSV News.
Pope Francis’ teachings on synodality, environment make local impact April 23, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Seek the City to Come, Vatican Pope Francis’ teachings and writings have had a major influence on several programs in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, notably its two-year Seek the City to Come initiative and its ongoing evangelization efforts.
Mount St. Mary’s professor recalls his days with future pope in Argentina April 23, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican Alejandro Cañadas, now an associate professor of economics at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, met then-Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio several times from 1991 to 1997 when he was a college student in his native Argentina.
Prayer, pilgrims accompany pope’s body to basilica April 23, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Thousands of people had made an early morning pilgrimage to St. Peter’s Square April 23 to witness the transfer and pray for the late pope; they erupted in applause when his body, in an open casket, reached the square and again when it reached the top of the basilica steps.
Trump plans to attend Pope Francis’ funeral; orders US flags flown at half staff April 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump plan to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, he said April 21. He also directed federal flags be flown at half-staff in the late pontiff’s honor.
