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On This Day: Benedict XVI becomes Roman Catholic pope
In 2005, Benedict XVI was installed in Rome as the 265th Roman Catholic pope. In 2013, a building that housed clothing ...
Pope Francis live updates: Vatican may extend hours to pay respects due to turnout
People will be able to pay their respects to Francis through Friday. Given the large turnout of faithful wishing to pay ...
Pope Francis lying in state for 3 days ahead of his funeral at the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica
The Vatican says Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday, April 26, in front of St. Peter's Basilica, after the ...
Incense, bells and Swiss Guards: The procession taking Pope Francis to lie in state
Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers took the body of the late ...
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St. Peter's Basilica opens to the public to pay their respects to Pope Francis before his funeral
The Vatican opened St. Peter's Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with thousands of people filling the central aisle and Swiss Guards standing at ...
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Handing out ice cream, visiting the poor: Charity of Pope Francis on his patron saint’s day
April 23, the patron saint’s day of Pope Francis, is a holiday at the Vatican and the pope usually celebrated it with acts of ...
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From Sedan Chairs to Electric SUVs: The Evolution of the Popemobile
Let’s begin with the obvious: the Pope has better security than a Bond villain. But what’s perhaps less known—and infinitely ...
Many popes are from modern-day Italy and prominent families. Here are the exceptions
About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.
Pope Francis’s impact remembered by the community of Lake Forest College
In the wake of the death of Pope Francis, people all over the world spoke of what the pontiff meant to them. Rev. Jerry ...
Why Pope Francis’ signet ring will be destroyed following his death
As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...
Pope Francis’ many critics included a one-time aide and the Vatican’s ex-ambassador to the US
Every pope has his critics. And Pope Francis probably expected that he would face opposition to his reform agenda after ...
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Pope Francis converted to the environmental cause and denounced those he blamed for climate change
A few months after comforting survivors of one of the strongest recorded tropical cyclones, Pope Francis published his ...