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Pope Leo XIV on Monday presided over a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in suffrage for the late Pope Francis and for deceased cardinals and bishops.
Silvia Toma has a scar on her soul: Four years ago she buried her 34-year-old only son, who had two little daughters.
The government of Buenos Aires province in Argentina will distribute the book “The Teacher: The Humanism of Pope Francis” in public and private schools.
The “Mass for the Care of Creation,” inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, has prayers and Mass readings designed “to ask God for the ability to care for creation.”
“The position taken by Africa was also the position of so many bishops here in Europe. It’s not just an African exception,” Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo said.
The last three popes — Benedict XVI, Francis, and Leo XIV — have on more than one occasion recommended reading “Lord of the World.”
“Dilexit Nos,” meaning “He Loved Us,” describes how devotion to the heart of Christ “reappears in the spiritual journey of many saints.”
Here’s a look at the dads behind our last four Holy Fathers.
Pope Francis had called for the consistory in late February, when he was in the hospital, but the date was never set.
The Dicastery for Communication said “Leo XIV inherits the X @Pontifex accounts used by Pope Francis and previously by Benedict XVI.”
Cardinal Bustillo says conclave was guided by the Holy Spirit with "freedom and trust," resulting in Pope Leo XIV's election in under 24 hours.
Pope Leo XIV had the opportunity to meet three of his predecessors at the helm of the Barque of Peter.
The late Pope Francis loved Africa and was committed to the evangelization of the people of God on the continent, members of the Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul (FSP/Pauline Sisters) in Kenya have said in their glowing tributes to the late Pontiff, who was laid to rest on April 26.
Senegal’s President has eulogized the late Pope Francis as a champion of ecological responsibility alongside his “unwavering fidelity” to the Gospel message.
Before his death, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a mobile clinic to assist children in Gaza, one of the communities hardest hit by the war and humanitarian crisis in the Middle East.
Following the death of Pope Francis last month, the Papal Foundation’s annual distribution of humanitarian aid will be in memory of the Holy Father’s legacy, the organization said in a press release.
Of the 133 cardinals with the right to vote in this conclave, 108 were created by Pope Francis and therefore will be participating in the election of a pontiff for the first time.
At the heart of the civil strife in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) lies a treasure that Pope Francis helped Africa to see: the true image of Jesus.
Sister Mary Barron said at the Mass that the late pope "invited us out into the world and among all of God's creation to heal and accompany those most in need."
Following Pope Francis’ passing, one of his closest Argentine friends remembered him with gratitude, emphasizing that his legacy is impossible to minimize.