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Pope’s frequent calls to a Catholic church made him a revered figure in war-battered Gaza
In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...
What Does the Pope Do? Bishop of Rome Doesn't Just Run the Catholic Church
With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.
Who Leads the Catholic Church Between Popes?
Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.
As Catholic Church Enters New Era, Conservative U.S. Members Push It Right
Adherents are reviving old practices and growing more assertive in the battle for the future of the Church—and the nation.
At nation’s largest Catholic Church, honoring ‘the pope of the people’
Mourners young and old flocked to Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast D.C.
Pope Francis saw church as a ‘field hospital’ for displaced, marginalized, South Florida archbishop says
South Florida joins in the mourning for Pope Francis, the 88-year-old pontiff who was born in Argentina and was the first ...
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Why the Catholic Church's future is hard to predict, according to a Vatican expert
Villanova University theology professor and papacy expert Massimo Faggioli breaks down why it's so hard to predict who the ...
St. Thomas More Catholic church closing on SW Side; money raised for Greenstone Church in Pullman
In the Pullman neighborhood, enough money has been raised to keep a church afloat, but for parishioners at a Catholic church on the Southwest Side, this will be the last Easter Sunday service before ...