‘Pope of the people’: Catholic leaders recall Pope Francis as champion of mercy, love April 21, 2025By Maria Wiering 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.”
In final testament, pope asks for simple burial, prayed for peace April 21, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News In his brief final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major and said he had offered his suffering for peace in the world.
Analysis: What Pope Francis brought to the church, and what he leaves behind April 21, 2025By Ines San Martin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Pope Francis, history’s first pope from the global south and a maverick who often delighted the world, died April 21 after fighting pulmonary disease for the last few months.
Crowds gather to pray the rosary for repose of pope’s soul April 21, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Just as hundreds of people had gathered at the Vatican each night to recite the rosary when Pope Francis was hospitalized, throngs returned to recite the Marian prayer for the repose of his soul after his death.
Pope died of stroke, heart failure, coma, Vatican says April 21, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Pope Francis died April 21 after suffering a stroke and heart attack, said the director of Vatican City State’s department of health services. The pope had also gone into a coma.
Precise rules govern what happens in period between popes April 21, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Centuries of experience dealing with the death, or occasional resignation, of a pope has left the Catholic Church with thorough instructions detailing who has responsibility for planning the funeral, preparing for the election of a new pope and taking care of essential business in the meantime.
Pope Francis’ pontificate: A timeline April 21, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican Here is a timeline of some significant events in Pope Francis’ 12-year pontificate:
White House, U.S. political leaders react to death of Pope Francis April 21, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News President Donald Trump, officials in his administration and other U.S. political leaders issued statements expressing condolences for Pope Francis after the pontiff’s death April 21 at age 88.
Archbishop Lori encourages Catholics to attend April 21 Mass in memory of Pope Francis April 21, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican A special Mass remembering the late pontiff will be held April 21 at 5:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. Pope Francis died earlier that day at the age of 88.
Baltimore auxiliary bishops remember late pope with fondness April 21, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican Bishop Adam J. Parker and Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., both of whom were appointed bishops by Pope Francis, are remembering their personal encounters with the late pope as inspirational moments that helped shape their ministries.
Archbishop Lori praises Pope Francis for closeness, realism April 21, 2025By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican Archbishop William E. Lori said that Pope Francis could be readily described as a “pastoral pope,” a sense of service that he brought from his years as an archbishop in Argentina who was close to his priests and people.
Pope’s funeral rites, a celebration of hope, to begin late April 21 April 21, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ funeral rites, like those for any pope or any Christian, are meant to “reinforce the hope and witness to the faith” that those who have been baptized in Christ “will rise with him to new life.”
