The cardinals will celebrate a Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff in the morning and begin meeting in the afternoon.
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More than 250,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square and the neighboring streets to attend funeral Mass for Pope Francis at the Vatican April 26, 2025.
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Here is the English translation of the homily given in Italian by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, for Pope Francis’ funeral.
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New York’s Catholic bishops are urging Catholics to oppose proposed legislation that would legalize assisted suicide for those diagnosed with terminal illness.
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(OSV News) — Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas …
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Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, will preside over the April 26 funeral Mass for Pope Francis. Bishops, cardinals and priests from around the world will …
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(OSV News) — Here are excerpts of statements from several bishops in the U.S. about the April 21 death of Pope Francis, his 12-year pontificate and his legacy of reaching …
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Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) joins the church and the world in mourning the passing of Pope Francis, the 266th successor of St. Peter.
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Until the very last moments of his papacy, the “pope of tenderness” was his other name — like when he visited the Roman prison on Holy Thursday, blowing a kiss …
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Donations to the annual Catholic Home Missions Appeal will help support more than 70 “home mission dioceses” in the U.S., as well as its current and former territories, the U.S. …
