Global Church News

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  Mongolians reflect on Pope Francis' legacy

  Apr 25, 2025

  His historic visit to Mongolia in September 2023 deeply impacted its small Catholic community

  
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  The Stories will not leave the man

  Apr 25, 2025

  Irish writer Colum McCann reflects on his encounters with Pope Francis.

  
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  Mural of St. Joseph the Worker unveiled at Detroit's historic market

  Apr 25, 2025

  The mural is meant to inspire community and faith while connecting locals to their heritage

  
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  Cardinals choose prelates to offer reflections on future pope

  Apr 25, 2025

  A Benedictine abbot and a Capuchin cardinal will offer spiritual meditations on the needs of the Catholic Church to the cardinals preparing to elect a new pope, according to the Vatican press office.

  
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  Fr. Romanelli: May Pope Francis’ plea for peace be heard

  Apr 25, 2025

  The parish priest of the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, details to Vatican News Pope Francis’ the final gesture of closeness toward the Christian community sheltered in the compound two days before his death, and recalls his incessant calls for peace in the Holy Land.

  
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  Archbishop Kurtz: US Church saw in Pope Francis the face of God's mercy

  Apr 25, 2025

  In an interview Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, the former President of the US Bishops' Conference who accompanied the late Pope on his Apostolic Visit to the United States in 2015, says Americans "were yearning" for Pope Francis' message of mercy.

  
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  East Timor Catholics, ex-rebel see hope in Pope Francis' message

  Apr 24, 2025

  Francis had touted reconciliation and equality in the Catholic-majority nation, during his tour in the region last year

  
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  Russia to send culture minister to pope funeral

  Apr 24, 2025

  The Kremlin said a day earlier that President Vladimir Putin has no plans to attend the funeral

  
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  South Sudanese Cardinal Ameyu: ' We have lost a great man, our advocate'

  Apr 24, 2025

  The Archbishop of Juba in South Sudan mourns the passing of Pope Francis and reflects on how he was the only voice in the international arena that continued to appeal for peace and dialogue in the suffering nation.

  
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  Philippines declares 4 days of national mourning for pope

  Apr 24, 2025

  President Ferdinand Marcos is so far the only Asian leader set to attend the pope's funeral