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Priest says Pope Francis a 'hard act to follow'
A priest who looks after the Catholic community in West Cornwall has said Pope Francis will be a "hard act to follow" ...
Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican says: Updates
The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...
‘He wanted an end to war’: Scholar on Pope Francis’ message of peace
Religious scholar David Gibson speaks with Bianna Golodryga about the life and legacy of the late Pope Francis.
Pope Francis Saw Environmental and Climate Issues as Moral Concerns
In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral ...
What will Pope Francis’s legacy be? It depends on what comes next.
A new pope does not swoop in and openly set about undoing the legacy of another. But a lot can change as far as style, ...
Pope’s death receives muted official response in China, which has a tense relationship with the Vatican
As the world rushed to pay tribute to Pope Francis following his death, the response has been comparatively muted in China – ...
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Pope's body to be moved to St Peter's basilica on Wednesday, Vatican says
Cardinals were meeting at the Vatican on Tuesday morning for the first time since Pope Francis' death to discuss details of ...
Pope Francis's many critics included a one-time aide and the Vatican's ex-ambassador to the US
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis probably expected that he would face opposition to his reform agenda after Catholics for two ...