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Pope Francis
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two cardinals will be representing Pacific Island countries at the conclave in the Vatican to elect the new pope.
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday morning, local time, aged 88.
The pope's death prompts a period of mourning, after which all cardinals under the age of 80...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pope Francis made his final public appearance on Easter Sunday before passing from this life early Easter Monday. He appeared very frail and had delegated the celebration of the Easter Mass to another cardinal. Though his voice was weak, he blessed a crowd of faithful...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the “icy winds of war” buffeting humanity and to make an impassioned plea for an immediate end to the fighting in Ukraine, a 10-month-old conflict he decried as “senseless.”
At noon in Rome, Francis delivered the...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned Saturday that “rigidity” in living out the Christian faith is creating a “minefield” of hatred and misunderstanding in a world where Christianity is increasingly irrelevant.
Francis called for Vatican bureaucrats to instead embrace change during his annual...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis offered a Christmas wish for fraternity among people of different nations, cultures, faiths, races or ideas, describing the world’s differences as a richness, not a danger, and championing the rights of religious minorities.
His plea Tuesday for stronger bonds among...