It's almost never suitable to speak ill of the dead. Especially when the dead you're speaking of is a beloved pope. Pope ...

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President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

Christians in the Gaza Strip joined mourners around the world in grieving Pope Francis , who maintained close contact with ...

The Latin Patriarch speaks Hebrew and lands at Rome as the high-profile prelate in the Promised Land. The Latin Patriarch of ...

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Pope Francis was a particularly beloved figure in the Los Angeles region. The pontiff’s death finds the community grappling ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

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The Pope, famous—perhaps foremost—for his insistence on simplicity and aversion to clerical glitz, wanted to be buried not at ...

Even from his hospital bed, Pope Francis continued his near-daily video calls in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.