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Pope Francis died April 21, 2025. See below for full coverage from the Catholic Review, Catholic News Service and OSV News.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
The challenge of leading a Catholic flock of 1.4 billion, from that moment on, will be on his shoulders. From theologians to Vatican insiders, there’s agreement that the next pontiff must balance deep faith with sharp governance.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
The Holy See’s diplomat to the United Nations has reiterated a call to end nuclear proliferation, saying the best way to honor the late Pope Francis is to “rediscover the spirit” that created the global organization following World War II, and collaboratively strive for peace.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
The following is a snapshot of the papacies of the 11 popes that preceded Pope Francis, from Pope Benedict XVI to Blessed Pope Pius IX.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Remembering Pope Francis
From the moment of his election in early 2013, Pope Francis naturally became one of the world’s most newsworthy individuals. But it was especially in the latter half of his pontificate that he proved an intriguing figure for moviemakers. Both documentarians and the creators of feature films were drawn to him over that time.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, Vocations, World News
While much of the world’s attention is on what will happen in the Sistine Chapel and the men who will choose the church’s next leader starting May 7, the enduring legacy of Pope Francis is seen in the women whose voices helped shape — and carry forward — his vision.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
True discipleship is not measured by the creeds Christians recite or the theology they know, but by how deeply they love, a cardinal said at a memorial Mass for Pope Francis.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who lost the rights associated with being a cardinal after Pope Francis asked him to resign in 2020, said he would obey the late pope’s wishes and not seek to enter the conclave May 7.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Evangelization, News, Remembering Pope Francis, World News
The Vatican may keep the Sistine Chapel under tight security, but out in the streets, piazzas, and even trattorias, the speculation runs wild and everyone is certain they know who’s in pole position.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, News, Remembering Pope Francis, World News
Former President Joe Biden mourned the passing of Pope Francis in an opinion piece for USA Today published April 28, calling for people to honor the late pontiff by “making his legacy a living legacy. A living faith. A faith of caring and compassion — and mercy.”
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
The Catholic Church and all of humanity want guidance and support in a world filled with toil, doubts and contradictions, said Cardinal Baldassare Reina, papal vicar of Rome.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
The world’s cardinals under the age of 80 will gather to elect the successor of Pope Francis, who died April 21 from a stroke and heart failure. The conclave is scheduled to begin May 7.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Ambrogio Piazzoni, then-vice prefect of the Vatican Library and author of a book on the history of papal elections, distributed a sheet of “some curiosities” about the elections to reporters in 2013, after Pope Benedict announced his resignation and before Pope Francis was elected.
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