Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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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.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Throughout his papacy, Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88, faced the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, attempting to balance defending the church from criticism while showing compassion toward survivors, with often mixed results.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
This basilica, rebuilt and magnificently adorned over the centuries, has been a rallying point for popes and laypeople, for Romans and pilgrims alike, to venerate the maternity and life of the Blessed Mother.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Cardinals around the world are remembering Pope Francis not just as a pope, but as a pastor deeply connected to real life. Some also expressed their hopes for the next pope.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Seniors, Vatican, World News
Growing old isn’t something to be feared, but rather something to embrace as a time of grace in one’s life, Pope Francis wrote in a preface for a book that was not released before he died.
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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.
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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.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
In Pope Francis’ last formal interview before he died, he shared the one lifelong regret he had never forgiven himself for: lying to avoid seeing an old family acquaintance because he was too busy.
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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.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Elected in 2013 with a clear mandate to reform the Roman Curia, Pope Francis completed the project with his apostolic constitution, “Preach the Gospel,” nine years after taking office.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Environment, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Tapping into the spirit and spirituality of his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis made care for creation and for all that lives on the earth a pastoral priority.
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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.
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