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Pope Francis Leaves a Church That’s More Global—and More Divided
Pope transformed the church’s senior leadership, exposing growing differences over teachings. “Once you start opening the ...
Who Takes Over When Pope Dies? Catholic Church Hierarchy Explained
A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The pope is chosen during a ...
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 ...
How Pope Francis’ progressive legacy changed the church
Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...
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.
'He embraced all people': California mourns a pope who shared their values, brought excitement to church
The death of Pope Francis reverberated around California on Monday, with his message of tolerance and advocacy for immigrants ...
Archbishop Gomez honors Pope Francis during Los Angeles Mass
Archbishop José H. Gomez praised Pope Francis, who died Monday morning, for the kindness he showed Los Angeles Catholics ...