Cardinals Meet for the Second Time: This Is What They Decided and This Is the Number of Journalists Who Have Arrived in Rome

Apr 23, 2025 08:10

The meeting opened with the prayer Veni, Sancte Spiritus, followed by a moment of prayer for the eternal repose of the Holy Father Francis. Photo: Vatican Media

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60 cardinals attend first meeting after Pope’s death: these were the initial decisions

Cardinals Begin Deliberations After Pope Francis’ Passing, Marking the First Steps Toward a New Papacy

Apr 22, 2025 18:16

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Cardinals and Bishops•Causes of Saints•Pope Francis

Cardinals Decide to Suspend Beatifications Until Election of the New Pope

Pope Francis, Bishops and Cardinals, Causes of Saints

Apr 22, 2025 09:02

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Pope Francis

Day and Time of the Funeral Mass for the Roman Pontiff Francis

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).

Apr 22, 2025 07:20

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When and at What Time Will Pope Francis’ Coffin Be Transferred to the Vatican Basilica? Here’s the Answer.

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.

Apr 22, 2025 07:18

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What Did the Pope Die Of? The Vatican Releases the Causes of Death

The causes of death were cerebral apoplexy, coma, and irreversible cardiovascular collapse

Apr 21, 2025 16:48

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Ceasefire on the Brink: Pope Leo XIV, Global Powers and the Moral Battle Over War in the Middle East

What distinguishes the present moment is not only the danger of renewed escalation, but the convergence of multiple crises: military, economic, diplomatic and moral

Holiness and the Evangelical Counsels Explained in Light of the Second Vatican Council by Pope Leo XIV

The Pope’s General Audience, April 8, 2026, on holiness and the evangelical counsels

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Cardinals Meet for the Second Time: This Is What They Decided and This Is the Number of Journalists Who Have Arrived in Rome

Did Pope Francis suffer before he died? His personal physician answers

To whom did the Pope make the last phone call? It was on Saturday 19 and now we know to whom

These are the 3 books of Pope Francis that shoot to the best sellers on Amazon

Cardinal Elector announces he will not go to Conclave. Who is he and why?

Jewish State of Israel asks embassies to remove condolences for Pope’s death

This is how the Pope died and these were his last words, those who accompanied him reveal

60 cardinals attend first meeting after Pope’s death: these were the initial decisions

Cardinals Decide to Suspend Beatifications Until Election of the New Pope

Day and Time of the Funeral Mass for the Roman Pontiff Francis

When and at What Time Will Pope Francis’ Coffin Be Transferred to the Vatican Basilica? Here’s the Answer.

What Did the Pope Die Of? The Vatican Releases the Causes of Death