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What's in a pope's name: Saints, inspirations and a message
Whoever succeeds Pope Francis to become the Catholic Church's 267th pope, his first major decision will be to choose his ...
Pope’s Mourners See His Death as Crossroads for Catholic Church
As tens of thousands of Catholics waited in hourslong lines to pay their respects to Pope Francis, many were debating the ...
Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony
The funeral drew world leaders, including President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who had a talk in the ...
What are the Catholic Church’s rites after the death of a pope and the election of a new one?
The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...
The Kenya Times on MSN4d
Why Catholic Church Can't Appoint a Female Pope; History Explained
The Catholic Church has specific theological and canonical reasons why a woman cannot be appointed as pope. These reasons are ...
The Washington Post8d
The Catholic Church after Pope Francis
As the first modern non-European pope, he was thought to ... He did not overcome the divisions in the church within the rich world. Rather, he troubled Catholic conservatives without making ...
Sister Thea Bowman’s sainthood blessed by Pope Francis
It was one of the nun’s traits, aside from her work for racial equality, that Pope Francis saw as worthy of sainthood.
The Manila Times on MSN8h
Abuse scandal in focus in search for new pope
For decades, the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests was covered up by the Church. But cardinals on Monday listed it ...