Synods and synodality: Pope Francis’ method, vision for church April 25, 2025By Cindy Wooden 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.”
He gave a face to the faceless: Francis is remembered as the pope of the poor April 25, 2025By Paulina Guzik 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.
State Department urged to prioritize human rights, humanitarian aid in reorganization April 24, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, DOGE cuts, News, World News Debates over a plan to reorganize the State Department should seek to improve American “efforts in the world at diplomacy and global citizenship,” and should prioritize human rights and humanitarian efforts, a leading foreign policy expert told OSV News.
Poor to welcome pope’s casket to St. Mary Major where simple tomb is ready April 24, 2025By Cindy Wooden 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.
Cardinals mourn Pope Francis as Vatican meetings begin ahead of conclave April 24, 2025By Ines San Martin 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.
The Marian devotion of Pope Francis April 24, 2025By Robert Fastiggi 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.”
Thousands wait hours to pay respects to Pope Francis April 24, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves 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.
Real conclaves: They aren’t the thrillers seen in film, professor says April 24, 2025By Cindy Wooden 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.
Pope Francis’ was a pontificate of personal, practical ecumenism April 24, 2025By Cindy Wooden 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.
While holding line on priesthood, Pope Francis promoted women’s roles April 24, 2025By Carol Glatz 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.
High court hears Maryland parents’ case seeking classroom opt-out of LGBTQ+ themed books April 24, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court April 22 heard a case concerning a request from an interfaith group of Maryland parents to allow them to opt their children out of classroom instruction pertaining to books containing LGBTQ+ themes to which they object on religious grounds.
Buffalo Diocese reaches ‘settlement in principle’ in bankruptcy case April 24, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News The Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., has reached a potential agreement with abuse survivors five years after filing for bankruptcy.
