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Timing of funeral for Pope Francis

USA TODAY · 4m

Pope Francis' final hours, last words revealed as Vatican shares details: Live updates

Roman Catholic cardinals gathered Tuesday in Vatican City to prepare for the Saturday funeral of Pope Francis.

NBC News · 51m

Pope Francis’ death live updates: Viewing tomorrow ahead of Vatican funeral Saturday

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in 2021 and says he had hoped to meet him again. “I’m not worried about the future of the church, because it is guided by the Holy Spirit,” he says.

The Washington Post on MSN · 12h

Pope Francis’s funeral will be Saturday. Here’s what it will look like.

Tens of thousands of people are expected at the funeral, including Catholic mourners, cardinals and world leaders.

Pope, Catholic Church and Francis

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 4h

Pope Francis Leaves a Church That’s More Global—and More Divided

Pope transformed the church’s senior leadership, exposing growing differences over teachings. “Once you start opening the door, then there is confusion and also ambiguity in the doctrines,” says one cardinal.

CBS News · 10h

Pope Francis' death mourned worldwide as Catholic Church prepares for next chapter

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Who Takes Over When Pope Dies? Catholic Church Hierarchy Explained

A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The pope is chosen during a highly secretive election called a conclave. Francis, 88, died on April 21. The pope will be honored with a nine-day mourning period known as the Novendiale, a tradition that began in Ancient Rome.

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Pope’s frequent calls to a Catholic church made him a revered figure in war-battered Gaza

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

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Catholic Social Services continue late Pope Francis’ mission

For Catholics here at home, a trip to the Vatican is not feasible in such a short amount of time. However, that isn’t ...

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What are the chances that Pope Francis will become a saint?

Pope Francis’s devoted faithful will likely soon be hollering for the late, humble, huddled-masses-loving pontiff to be ...

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Alabama-based EWTN, world’s largest Catholic network, mourns pope, launches coverage

Alabama-based EWTN, the world’s largest Catholic TV network, has jumped into full coverage of the death of the pope, the ...

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Pope Francis changed church policy on the death penalty, nuclear weapons but upheld it on abortion

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

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Watching an ailing pontiff: What could come next for the Catholic Church

Pope Francis died on Monday April 21, 2025. This story was originally published in the Washington Examiner magazine on ...

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Pope meets Vance, then releases Easter message decrying ‘logic of fear’

Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday, a remarkable encounter between the ailing head of the global ...

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Pope Francis’ Death Cuts a Vital Line of Hope for Gaza’s Christians

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...

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