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‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa has earned trust among Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians and Egyptians alike, developing a reputation as a moderate man of patience, listening and dialogue.

Apr 28
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Cardinals discuss abuse while prelate sanctioned for it joins meetings

Apr 28
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Cardinals visit Pope Francis’s tomb as they ready to elect his successor

Apr 28
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Indigenous people in Brazilia, Brazil, on April 8, 2025. (Credit: Eraldo Peres/AP.)

Indigenous peoples in Brazil lament the death of Pope Francis

Apr 28
Eduardo Campos Lima

Top papal candidate says Francis’s legacy must continue

Apr 27
Elise Ann Allen

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Credit: Zelenskyy on X.)

In Vatican, Zelenskyy meets with Trump, advocating Ukraine in its war with Russia

Apr 27
Charles Collins

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo with Pope Francis. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu

Apr 27
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Indigenous people in Brazilia, Brazil, on April 8, 2025. (Credit: Eraldo Peres/AP.)

Indigenous peoples in Brazil lament the death of Pope Francis

Apr 28
Eduardo Campos Lima

Top papal candidate says Francis’s legacy must continue

Apr 27
Elise Ann Allen

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Credit: Zelenskyy on X.)

In Vatican, Zelenskyy meets with Trump, advocating Ukraine in its war with Russia

Apr 27
Charles Collins

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo with Pope Francis. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu

Apr 27
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‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu

Apr 27
John L. Allen Jr.

In vocal prayer, we hear God speak to us through Jesus Christ

Apr 27
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

Francis, ‘the people’s pope,’ entombed in his favorite Roman basilica

Apr 26
Elise Ann Allen

Funeral remembers Francis’s legacy of mercy, joy in preaching the Gospel

Apr 26
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‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Péter Erdő

Apr 26
John L. Allen Jr.

In this 2007 file photo, Cardinal Roger Mahony speaks during an annual multi-ethnic migration Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. (Credit: Reed Saxon/AP.)

Criticism of Cardinal Mahony’s role in papal funeral points to abuse crisis still affecting Church

Apr 25
Charles Collins

People pay their respects to the late Pope Francis who will lie in state until Friday evening, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Even in death, Pope Francis’s push for dialogue, multilateralism continue

Apr 25
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis to receive final send-off from the poor of Rome

Apr 25
Elise Ann Allen

‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Matteo Zuppi

Apr 25
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A Catholic priest performs a ritual as part of lenten practice to mark Holy Wednesday in Paete, Laguna province, Philippines, April 16, 2025. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

‘There are no candidates in a conclave,’ says Filipino Cardinal David

Apr 24
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Remembering Francis through his most iconic pictures

Apr 24
Elise Ann Allen

‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Pietro Parolin

Apr 24
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Mourners pay final respects to Pope Francis ahead of Saturday’s funeral Mass

Apr 23
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Japanese cardinal remembers influence of Pope Francis in the world

Apr 23
Nirmala Carvalho

Looking back on Francis legacy, top 5 papal controversies

Apr 23
Elise Ann Allen

The Francis papacy in broad strokes

Apr 22
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People pay their respects to the late Pope Francis who will lie in state until Friday evening, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Even in death, Pope Francis’s push for dialogue, multilateralism continue

Apr 25
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis to receive final send-off from the poor of Rome

Apr 25
Elise Ann Allen

A Catholic priest performs a ritual as part of lenten practice to mark Holy Wednesday in Paete, Laguna province, Philippines, April 16, 2025. (Credit: Aaron Favila/AP.)

‘There are no candidates in a conclave,’ says Filipino Cardinal David

Apr 24
Joseph San Mateo

Remembering Francis through his most iconic pictures

Apr 24
Elise Ann Allen

Mourners pay final respects to Pope Francis ahead of Saturday’s funeral Mass

Apr 23
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Pope Francis in Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 26, 2019. (Credit: Pool Photo via AP.)

Japanese cardinal remembers influence of Pope Francis in the world

Apr 23
Nirmala Carvalho

Looking back on Francis legacy, top 5 papal controversies

Apr 23
Elise Ann Allen

The Francis papacy in broad strokes

Apr 22
Elise Ann Allen

Funeral for Pope Francis to be held Saturday morning in Rome

Apr 22
Elise Ann Allen

Cardinal Gracias says Pope Francis was ‘fearless’

Apr 22
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‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Apr 28
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Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo with Pope Francis. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu

Apr 27
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‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Péter Erdő

Apr 26
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‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Matteo Zuppi

Apr 25
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‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Pietro Parolin

Apr 24
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Charles Collins

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Credit: Zelenskyy on X.)

In Vatican, Zelenskyy meets with Trump, advocating Ukraine in its war with Russia

Apr 27
Charles Collins

In this 2007 file photo, Cardinal Roger Mahony speaks during an annual multi-ethnic migration Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. (Credit: Reed Saxon/AP.)

Criticism of Cardinal Mahony’s role in papal funeral points to abuse crisis still affecting Church

Apr 25
Charles Collins

Clergy attend the beatification Mass of Carlo Acutis in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 10, 2020. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Assisi- Nocera Umbra- Gualdo Tadino.)

New documentary looks at life of Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized this month

Apr 16
Charles Collins

Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine and the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325) holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Churches Together in England says Council of Nicaea still a ‘breath of hope’

Apr 15
Charles Collins

Pope Francis appears at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on March 23, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Period of Rest for Pope Francis is getting very active

Apr 13
Charles Collins

Elise Ann Allen

Cardinals discuss abuse while prelate sanctioned for it joins meetings

Apr 28
Elise Ann Allen

Cardinals visit Pope Francis’s tomb as they ready to elect his successor

Apr 28
Elise Ann Allen

Top papal candidate says Francis’s legacy must continue

Apr 27
Elise Ann Allen

Francis, ‘the people’s pope,’ entombed in his favorite Roman basilica

Apr 26
Elise Ann Allen

Cardinals take their seats for the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Funeral remembers Francis’s legacy of mercy, joy in preaching the Gospel

Apr 26
Elise Ann Allen

John Lavenburg

A woman holds a picture of Pope Francis reading in Italian “Farewell Francis, thank you His Holiness, today all the people cry for you” in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Francis will be remembered for his concern over refugees and immigrants

Apr 21
John Lavenburg

Catholic Charities Western Washington CEO: Federal funding uncertainty ‘a big dilemma’

Mar 27
John Lavenburg

Parishioners attend Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in the Queens borough of New York on Sunday, May 8, 2022. According to a report released Thursday, April 13, 2023, by the Pew Research Center, Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, but the number of Latinos who identify as religiously unaffiliated continues to grow. (Credit: Brittainy Newman/AP.)

20 percent of adults have left their childhood religion in many countries, study shows

Mar 26
John Lavenburg

Religious freedom commission expresses ‘hope’ with Trump, cites Biden IRFA violation

Mar 26
John Lavenburg

Prime Minister Mark Carney meets young members of the crowd during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Montreal, Sunday March 16, 2025. (Credit: Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP.)

Canadian Catholic leaders denounce government budget proposals

Mar 19
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