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Pope Francis, the reforming pope who challenged the church from within

From his humble upbringing in Buenos Aires to his historic papacy, Pope Francis reshaped Catholic leadership through financial reform, progressive social stances, and a deliberate rejection of ...

Live updates: Pope Francis is buried at St. Mary Major Basilica

Francis' coffin reached St. Mary Major Basilica, his chosen burial place, following Mass in the morning at St. Peter's Square ...

Vatican says Pope Francis died after cerebral stroke

Pope Francis, Latin America’s first pontiff, died at age 88 after a cerebral stroke. Francis stressed humility over hubris ...

Pope Leo is right. There is no such thing as a ‘just war’

In his recent encyclical Magnificent Humanity, Pope Leo XIV states that the Church is no longer a believer in “the just war ...
The Washington Post

Blessed by Pope Francis, a boy with cerebral palsy became a symbol of grace

Amid the hullabaloo of his first trip to the United States as pontiff, Pope Francis suddenly asked his driver to stop. The pope had just landed at the Philadelphia airport, and he was leaving the ...
National Catholic Reporter

One year later, Pope Francis' tomb remains a major Roman pilgrimage point

If you sit on the left-hand side of the nave during Sunday morning Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major, you will likely miss the homily. Instead, you will have a front-row seat to the theater of ...

American Pope Leo visits Lampedusa, honors migrants on Fourth of July

Pope Leo XIV, the American pope, spent his second Fourth of July as the pontiff at Lampedusa, Italy, an island at the front of the migrant crisis.