For Catholics, the Pope Is a Holy Father. For the World, He Is a Powerful Voice
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For Catholics, the Pope Is a Holy Father. For the World, He Is a Powerful Voice

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Just days into the papacy of Leo XIV, the new pope has begun to lay out his vision for how he will lead the Catholic church. Like his predecessor, he plans to embrace the poor and the marginalized. He wants to continue Francis’s…

Cardinals Are Maneuvering Before Conclave To Elect Francis’ Successor
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Cardinals Are Maneuvering Before Conclave To Elect Francis’ Successor

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Even before Pope Francis was entombed in a Rome basilica on Saturday, conservative cardinals who felt his pontificate was a divisive disaster that endangered the church’s traditions had begun politicking to sway the conclave electing the next pope. They have a seductively simple…

Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony
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Pope Francis, Who Sought a More Pastoral Church, Laid to Rest in a Majestic Ceremony

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pope, whose simple style, pastoral vision and outsized footprint on the world stage both reinvigorated…

Catholics Pray for Ailing Pope Francis at Sunday Mass
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Catholics Pray for Ailing Pope Francis at Sunday Mass

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Roman Catholics worldwide prayed for Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition, at Mass on Sunday after the Vatican announced that he was “not out of danger.” The 88-year-old pontiff went into the hospital on Feb. 14 with an infection that developed…