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Pilgrims turn Spain’s Santiago de Compostela into the world’s latest overtourism flashpoint

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Pope Francis, second from left, looks at traditional dancers performing at the Martyrs’ Stadium In Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Church leaders say Pope Francis had ‘a heart in Africa’

Apr 21
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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
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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
Elise Ann Allen

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

Apr 21
John L. Allen Jr.

Father of liberation theology, a tiny man with a giant legacy, dead at 96

Oct 23, 2024
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Farewell to a theologian whose mind and heart alike were always trained on Christ

Sep 1, 2024
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Indian’s first tribal cardinal, dead at 83, praised for ‘compassion and empathy’

Oct 7, 2023
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A non-believer’s legacy holds Catholic lessons for politics, and for friendship

Sep 24, 2023
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Prophet-Bishop of the ‘Poor Church for the Poor’ dies just shy of 100

Jul 17, 2023
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Two comparatively quiet deaths key to a deafening Catholic story

Jan 17, 2023
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