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The Francis papacy in broad strokes

U.S. President VD Vance meets Pope Francis in the Vatican on April 20, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media/Screenshot.)

Pope, Vance have unusual Easter tête-à-tête at the Vatican

Apr 20
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Electrifying, maverick Pope Francis leaves behind ‘roller coaster’ legacy

Apr 21
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Francis legacy lives as top Vatican woman gets accidental invite to cardinals meeting

Apr 21
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Pope Francis in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba on Sep. 22, 2015. (Credit: Ramon Espinosa/AP.)

After papal passing, what comes next?

Apr 21
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Pope Francis walks towards a newly planted oak tree during a tree-planting ceremony during the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology, at the Vatican, Oct. 4, 2019. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

The Francis papacy in broad strokes

Apr 22
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Funeral for Pope Francis to be held Saturday morning in Rome

Apr 22
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In a file photo, Pope Francis walks next to Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias as he leaves the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2014. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.)

Cardinal Gracias says Pope Francis was ‘fearless’

Apr 22
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Pope Francis twirls a soccer ball he was presented by a member of the Circus of Cuba, during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Jan. 2, 2019. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

A look back at some of Pope Francis’s top soundbites

Apr 22
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