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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Given the late Pope Francis’ care and concern for the poor, a representative group of them has been formally invited to welcome his casket to Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major for burial.
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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.
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OSV News
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Pope Francis must be remembered for his deep Marian piety. In speaking to a group of young people in Rome on June 29, 2014 — the Solemnity of St. Peter and Paul — he famously said: “A Christian without the Madonna is an orphan.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
Asserting that the Catholic Church needed the gifts and experiences of women, Pope Francis appointed several women to top positions in the Roman Curia, including the first female prefect of a major dicastery, and worked to ensure their contributions were recognized in parishes and dioceses around the world.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News
The pontificate of Pope Francis did not result in breakthrough theological agreements with other Christians, but huge strides were made in personal relations and practical cooperation.
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