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Pope Francis meets with his longtime fellow Buenos Aires friends Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Muslim leader Omar Abboudan at Jerusalem’s wailing wall on May 26, 2014. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 26, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). With [...]

Cardinals in Rome / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Apr 24, 2025 / 02:04 am (CNA). The College of Cardinals saw a significant increase in attendance at Wednesday's General Congregation, with 103 cardinals now present in Rome — nearly do... [...] --- Cardinals [...]

Filipino Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David downplayed talks about “popular candidates” in the upcoming conclave, and said a papal election is unlike the political processes seen in different parts of the globe. --- MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David downplayed [...]

Pope Francis is welcomed to APEC Haus in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Sept. 7, 2024 / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Staff, Apr 24, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, traveled abroad [...]

Visitors are invited to pray before the late pontiff’s coffin inside the basilica through Friday evening ahead of Saturday’s funeral. --- Visitors are invited to pray before the late pontiff’s coffin inside the basilica through Friday evening ahead of Saturday’s [...]

Cardinals, bishops, and Vatican officials walk alongside Pope Francis’ coffin in St. Peter’s Square on April 23, 2025, during the solemn transfer as Swiss Guards stand in formal formation. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 23, 2025 / 06:06 [...]

The body of Pope Francis lies in state at the Vatican's Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel, surrounded by Swiss Guards, cardinals, and Vatican officials paying their respects before his transfer to St. Peter's Basilica for public veneration, Monday, April 21, [...]

Members of the faithful can pay their respects to the late pontiff from Wednesday, as his remains will be lying in state in the Vatican. --- Members of the faithful can pay their respects to the late pontiff from Wednesday, as [...]

Pope Francis, a charismatic and controversial leader whose decade-long tenure marked a turning point for the Catholic Church, died Monday morning, the day after Easter. He was 88. “Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the [...]

Last year, as millions of Americans were preparing to celebrate the Resurrection, President Biden took the opportunity to add a new holy day to the national calendar. March 31, 2024 — previously known as “Easter” — would now double as [...]