Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Francis - a Pastor in the New World
This Is the Testament of Pope Francis. Full Text in English
Cardinals Decide to Suspend Beatifications Until Election of the New Pope
ZENIT Staff
Pope Francis, Bishops and Cardinals, Causes of Saints
Day and Time of the Funeral Mass for the Roman Pontiff Francis
ZENIT Staff
On Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., the first day of the Novendiary, the Funeral Mass of the Roman Pontiff Francis will be celebrated on the parvis of St. Peter’s Basilica, in accordance with the provisions of the Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis (nos. 82-109).
When and at What Time Will Pope Francis’ Coffin Be Transferred to the Vatican Basilica? Here’s the Answer.
ZENIT Staff
The procession will pass through Santa Marta Square and the Square of the Roman Proto-Martyrs; from the Arch of the Bells it will exit to Saint Peter’s Square and enter the Vatican Basilica through the central door.
What Did the Pope Die Of? The Vatican Releases the Causes of Death
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The causes of death were cerebral apoplexy, coma, and irreversible cardiovascular collapse
Unpublished: This Is the Testament of Pope Francis. Full Text in English
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Estimated Date on Which Pope Francis’s Body Will Be in the Basilica for the Homage of Catholics
ZENIT Staff
Wednesday, April 23rd would be the date on which Pope Francis would be in the Vatican Basilica for veneration by the faithful.
Declaration of Death and Placing of the Body of Pope Francis in the Coffin
ZENIT Staff
On the evening of Monday, April 21, at 8:00 p.m., Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, will preside over the Rite of Certification of Death and the Placing of the Body in the Coffin.
Holy See Press Release: Canonization of Carlo Acutis Is Suspended
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Canonization is suspended until further notice
“Thank you for bringing me back to the Square,”
“Thank you for bringing me back to the Square,”
he told Strappetti. It was more than gratitude for a physical return to a place. It was a recognition of something deeper—the heart of Francis’ mission: to walk with the people, touch their wounds, and meet them where they are. His papacy was never one of distance or protocol, but of proximity.
Make Christianity cool again: Why Gen Z is flocking to church
‘A bloke called Kevin from Dublin’: Irish-American cardinal who will run papal conclave
The Guardian: Kevin
Farrell rose through the ecclesiastical ranks to be made camerlengo by
Pope Francis, whose death has thrust him into the global spotlight.
Veterans Affairs asks employees in email to report ‘anti-Christian bias’
Religion News
Service: The email, prompted by an executive order signed by President
Donald Trump in February, makes no mention of how to report bias or
discrimination against other faiths.
The Conversation: Claims of ‘anti-Christian bias’ sound to some voters like a message about race, not just religion
Make Christianity cool again: Why Gen Z is flocking to church
The Independent: As a
new report suggests that the number of young churchgoers has
quadrupled, Helen Coffey investigates this potential UK spiritual
revival — and asks why the next generation is more likely to be keeping
the faith.
At nation’s largest Catholic Church, honoring ‘the pope of the people’*
The Washington Post:
Mourners young and old flocked to Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception in Northeast D.C.
Americans have higher church attendance standards than pastors
Religion Unplugged:
Most Americans may not regularly attend church themselves, but they have
a higher threshold for calling someone a regular churchgoer than
pastors.
Los Angeles Archdiocese reports highest number of Easter converts in 10 years
Diocese of Buffalo will pay $150 million in sex abuse settlement |
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The Diocese of Buffalo, New York, will pay out a massive $150 million sum as part of a settlement with victims of clergy sexual abuse there. |
Massimiliano Strappetti: The last man Pope Francis saw and thanked before his death |
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Before being appointed Pope Francis’ personal nurse in August 2022, Massimiliano Strappetti was the nursing coordinator for the Vatican’s health department. |
Who are the many popes not buried in the Vatican? |
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Various factors are at play when it comes to the decision of a burial place for a pope. Pope Francis has chosen the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. |
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
What happens during the Vatican’s 9 days of mourning for the pope?
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CNA explains: What happens during the Vatican’s 9 days of mourning for the pope? |
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Rooted in ancient Christian and Roman customs, the Novendiales is a period of nine consecutive days dedicated to mourning the death of a pope. |
Two days before his death, Pope Francis made final call to pastor of Gaza parish |
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Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza, summed up Pope Francis’ last call on Saturday night, April 19, moments before the Easter Vigil. |
The last time the world saw Pope Francis |
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Pope Francis greeted the faithful around the world for the last time from St. Peter’s Basilica on the most important day for Christians: Easter. |
Filipino cardinals preside over requiem Masses for Pope Francis before heading to Rome |
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Speaking to Catholic faithful gathered inside the Manila Cathedral, Cardinal José Advíncula said Filipinos should be “filled with gratitude” for the gift of Francis’ pontificate. |
San Diego mourns death of Pope Francis at age 88
Who will be next pope after Francis?
Who will be next pope after Francis? Key contenders ahead of conclave.*
The Washington Post:
Ahead of the conclave to select the next pope, names circulating include
cardinals Bo of Myanmar, Tagle of the Philippines and Italians
Pizzaballa and Parolin.
How Francis, a progressive Pope, catalyzed the Catholic right in the U.S.*
The New York Times:
His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the
ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.
‘He felt our pain’: Catholic church in Gaza grieves Pope Francis’s death
The Guardian: Pope made nightly phone calls to the Holy Family Catholic church from the start of the war in October 2023.
Holding tickets for Rome, Vatican pilgrims pivot from saint canonization to papal funeral
Religion News
Service: Tens of thousands of people planned to be at the Vatican this
week for the canonization of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint.
White supremacy and the Latino vote*
The Christian
Century: Journalist Paola Ramos takes a nuanced look at the world of
right-wing Latinos, revealing the logic behind their ideology.