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…

‘He Was Like Family’: Faithful Descend on St. Peter’s Square for Pope’s Funeral
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‘He Was Like Family’: Faithful Descend on St. Peter’s Square for Pope’s Funeral

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Some mourners had spent the night sleeping in the streets near the Vatican, and they started lining up at dawn on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square to bid farewell to Pope Francis. Hours later, world leaders took their seats in rows near an…

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…

Trump and Zelensky Meet on Sidelines of Pope Francis’ Funeral, White House Says
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Trump and Zelensky Meet on Sidelines of Pope Francis’ Funeral, White House Says

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump met privately with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Saturday in Vatican City, the first time the two leaders have met since their televised argument in late February in the Oval Office exacerbated the deep breach between the two countries. The…

Prelude to a Funeral – The New York Times
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Prelude to a Funeral – The New York Times

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Francis set the stage for his own mourning late last year, when he approved a simplified procedure for papal funeral rituals. Simplicity, of course, is relative — in this case to the breathtaking grandeur bequeathed by centuries of Roman Catholic tradition. The procession…

Theodore McCarrick, Cardinal Defrocked Over Sex Abuse, Dies at 94
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Theodore McCarrick, Cardinal Defrocked Over Sex Abuse, Dies at 94

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In the cathedral sacristy, Cardinal McCarrick, at the time a monsignor who was Cardinal Cooke’s personal secretary, began measuring the student. Mr. Noaker said that the monsignor, “under the guise of measuring his inseam, unzipped his pants, and sexually assaulted him,” adding, “The…