Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
From the moment of his election, Pope Francis made clear from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica that his first mandate was to serve as bishop of Rome and be close with the people.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, Vocations, World News
From the moment he took the helm of the Catholic Church’s sprawling hierarchy, Pope Francis positioned himself as a pastor close to the people he served, and he called out the behavior of priests who were distant from and thought they were superior to their flocks.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
World leaders offered condolences for Pope Francis almost immediately after the pontiff died April 21 — a reflection of popes’ importance in diplomacy and geopolitics.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis was a pastor first, “so consistently, so spontaneously and with such deep conviction,” that it will remain a gift to the Catholic Church, said Cardinal Michael Czerny.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
An explanation of some of the terms and practices related to the time between the death of Pope Francis April 21 and the election of his successor.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News
After the deaths or resignations of their predecessors, the last six popes have been elected within a fairly short period of time — between two and three weeks.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Cardinals already present in Rome and those who were able to get to the city after Pope Francis’ death April 21 held their first meeting at the Vatican April 22.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
The funeral Mass of Pope Francis will be celebrated April 26 in St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican announced.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Over the course of his pontificate, Pope Francis held up two recurring images: the good shepherd who looks for the lost sheep and lays down his life to save them; and the good Samaritan, who did not ignore the wounded traveler, but helped him without asking for anything in return.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
With his death April 21, Pope Francis marked yet another first in the history of the Catholic Church: he became the first pope to open the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica without living to close it.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican
Pilgrims and tourists who had just one day earlier flocked to St. Peter’s Square awoke to the news that Pope Francis, who had greeted them there on Easter Sunday, had died. Pope Francis died at at 88, a few weeks after returning to his apartment at the Vatican following a five-week hospitalization for pneumonia.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Calling Pope Francis “a modern-day prophet,” Kerry Alys Robinson said the late pope “read the signs of the times and awakened us to meaningful change in our behavior — within the Church and within the world.”
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