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Cardinal Christophe Pierre speaks to EWTN News President and COO Montse Alvarado in Rome on Friday, April 25, 2025. / Credit: EWTN NewsCNA Staff, Apr 25, 2025 / 19:36 pm (CNA).Pope Francis asked us "to be a Church which announces the good news of Christ," Cardinal Christophe Pierre said on Friday, one of the many fruits of the Holy Spirit's having selected the late Argentine prelate to be the supreme pontiff.Pierre, who has served as apostolic nuncio in various countries over several decades and who has served as nuncio to the United States under Francis, told EWTN News President and COO Montse Alvarado that as he sees it, Francis' election in 2013 was the fruit of a process that arose out of the 2007 Aparecida conference of Latin American and Caribbean bishops in Brazil. Then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio headed up the committee that produced the conference's final document. The bishops at that conference were "inspired [and] helped" by the future pope, Pierre said. "Then...
A group of African nuns, Disciples of the Sacred Heart, line up for the procession that will follow Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday, April 26, 2025. / Credit: Ursula Murua/EWTN NewsVatican City, Apr 25, 2025 / 19:39 pm (CNA).Pope Francis passed away at 7:35 a.m. local time on Easter Monday, April 21, at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta, as confirmed by the Holy See Press Office. The 88-year-old pontiff led the Catholic Church for a little more than 12 years.Follow here for live updates of the latest news and information on the papal transition:
Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu (right) waits prior to the start of a consistory during which 20 new cardinals are to be created by the Pope, on Aug. 27, 2022 at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. ( / Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty ImagesCNA Newsroom, Apr 25, 2025 / 02:00 am (CNA).Cardinal Angelo Becciu is reportedly seeking to participate in the upcoming conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor despite having been stripped of his cardinalatial privileges in 2020 and later convicted of financial crimes.The former deputy Vatican secretary of state told Italian media as he left his native Sardinia for Rome on April 22 that he would "participate in the conclave," claiming his cardinal privileges "remain intact" and that there was "no formal or legal impediment" to his voting.As the National Catholic Register reports, the prelate was convicted in 2023 of embezzlement, aggravated fraud, and abuse of office, handing him a jail sentence of five years and six mo...
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Mourners fill St. Peter's Basilica on Friday, April 25, 2025, as they wait to pay their final respects to Pope Francis. The Vatican reports more than 128,000 people have visited since Wednesday morning. / Elias Turk / EWTN NewsVatican City, Apr 25, 2025 / 02:45 am (CNA).Pope Francis passed away at 7:35 a.m. local time on Easter Monday, April 21, at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta, as confirmed by the Holy See Press Office. The 88-year-old pontiff led the Catholic Church for a little more than 12 years.Follow here for live updates of the latest news and information on the papal transition:
Mourners pass through St. Peter's Basilica on April 24, 2025, at the Vatican to pay their respects and say a final goodbye to Pope Francis. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Apr 24, 2025 / 21:57 pm (CNA).Pope Francis passed away at 7:35 a.m. local time on Easter Monday, April 21, at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta, as confirmed by the Holy See Press Office. The 88-year-old pontiff led the Catholic Church for a little more than 12 years.Follow here for live updates of the latest news and information on the papal transition:
Bishop Joseph Guo Jincai (left) and Bishop Yang Xiaoting (right) at Opening of the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNAWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 24, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA).High-ranking heads of state and Catholic bishops in China have remained notably silent following the death of Pope Francis, while reactions from political and religious leaders across the globe poured out on social media within hours of the pope's passing on Monday morning. AsiaNews reported on Tuesday that Chinese officials are not permitted to express themselves publicly on Pope Francis' death due the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s control over the Church there. The Chinese government offered a brief statement nearly 24 hours after the Holy Father's passing, only after reporters asked foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun about it on Tuesday. "China expresses its condolences for the death of Pope Francis," he said, adding that "in recent years, ...
null / Credit: Sora Shimazaki/PexelsWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 24, 2025 / 16:15 pm (CNA).The University of Louisville has agreed to pay a former professor nearly $1.6 million after the university demoted him and refused to renew his contract following off-campus expert testimony in which he spoke about the dangers of performing transgender operations on children.Allan Josephson, a psychologist who had led the university's division of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology, received pushback from the university's LGBT Center immediately after he voiced his concerns on a panel at the conservative Heritage Foundation."I'm glad to finally receive vindication for voicing what I know is true," Josephson said in a statement provided by his attorneys at Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) after the settlement."Children deserve better than life-altering procedures that mutilate their bodies and destroy their ability to lead fulfilling lives," Josephson added. "In spite of ...
Catholic Charities USA sign at its headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. / Credit: DCStockPhotography/ShutterstockWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 24, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA).Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) will launch a national storytelling exhibit in 2026 detailing the organization's acts of service around the country, the charity group said this week.The exhibit, titled "People of Hope: Faith-Filled Stories of Neighbors Helping Neighbors," will tour the U.S. for two and a half years, according to a press release from the organization on Wednesday. "The exhibit, housed in a retrofitted tractor trailer, will share professionally produced, first-person accounts from staff and volunteers of Catholic Charities agencies across the country about meaningful and memorable encounters with families and individuals in need," the release stated.The project will be funded by a nearly $5 million from the Lilly Endowment. "We are incredibly grateful to Lilly Endowment for offering us the o...
Jesuit Superior General Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, center, speaks about Pope Francis at a press conference at the Jesuit general curia in Rome on April 24, 2025. / Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNAVatican City, Apr 24, 2025 / 17:28 pm (CNA).Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, superior general of the Society of Jesus, reflected on the first Jesuit pope in a press conference on Thursday, saying Francis "did not seek to please everyone" or to measure himself by a popularity index."Once he chose to be a disciple of Jesus, his deep motivation in life was to put God's will into practice," Sosa said, calling the late pontiff "a man of prayer, who asked for prayers to make decisions according to the will of God."During the press conference, held in the Jesuit general curia in Rome, Sosa also answered a question about what qualities are needed in the next pope. "Undoubtedly, we are looking for another man of God," he said. "And after that, for me, it is important to have a pope with a universal outlook," h...
Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, prelate of Opus Dei, in Rome. / Credit: Courtesy of Opus Dei/FlickrWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 24, 2025 / 11:30 am (CNA).The Catholic personal prelature Opus Dei has significantly reduced the scope of its two-week general congress that began this week due to the death of Pope Francis two days before the assembly's scheduled start date.Opus Dei had planned to revise its statutes to conform them to Pope Francis' motu proprio Ad Charisma Tuendum. Essentially, the pontiff's directive subjected Opus Dei to the leadership of the Dicastery for the Clergy rather than the Dicastery for Bishops and ended the practice of elevating the prelate of Opus Dei to the role of a bishop.The pope had also directed Opus Dei to revise its statutes to reflect this new structure, which was meant to be accomplished during the general congress. The revision would have then been submitted to the Holy See for approval after its adoption by the general congress.Monsignor Ferna...
