Timeline of Recent Papal Transitions
By CNS – After the deaths or resignations of their predecessors, the last six popes have been elected within a...
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In Final Testament, Pope asked for Simple Burial
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – In his brief final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome’s Basilica of...
Pope died of stroke, heart failure, coma, Vatican says
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Pope Francis died April 21 after suffering a stroke and heart failure, said the director...
Pope’s Funeral set for April 26, Public Viewing April 23-25
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The funeral Mass of Pope Francis will be celebrated April 26 in St Peter’s Square,...
Global Pastor: In Word and Deed, Pope Preached Mercy
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of at age 88, gave new...
Vatican announces Canonisation of Blessed Acutis is postponed
By Carol Glatz, CNS – With the death of Pope Francis, the canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis, which was scheduled...
Pope’s funeral rites, a celebration of hope, to begin late April 21
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis’ funeral rites, like those for any pope or any Christian, are meant to...
Pope: Christ’s light breaks through world’s darkness
By Justin McLellan, CNS – As the lights of St Peter’s Basilica were extinguished and silence settled through the sprawling...
Pope to Priests at Chrism Mass: Be Heralds of Hope
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion...
