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At Mass in housing projects and tourist hotspots, Romans pray next pope focuses on poverty and peace
At Masses across Rome and socioeconomic lines, Catholics prayed the next pope focuses on poverty and peace days before the ...
Pre-conclave: Jockeying for a new pope already has started over drinks and dinner in Rome
At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...
Days Before Conclave, Cardinals in Rome Pitch Messages to the Pews
Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of France cooed at babies on Sunday at a church in the Monti neighborhood of Rome. Cardinal Peter ...
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.
How Rome Is Saying Goodbye to Pope Francis—and What Happens Next
Alongside the gossip and the gallows humor, the ancient and solemn rituals continue,” Chiara Barzini writes from Italy.
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Traveling to Rome helped me to mourn Pope Francis
I never knew how much I wanted to go to Rome until I got there.
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Rome is teeming with mysterious crypts filled with popes—and secrets
He will be the first pope in over 350 years to be buried in Rome at St. Mary Major, where only seven other popes are buried. Mosaics from the fifth century and a ceiling gilded with gold said to ...
Pope’s burial place reflects his ‘humble, essential’ life, Rome’s poor will pay him a final tribute
The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his “humble, simple and essential" life.
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Rome's veteran tailor preps cassocks for the next Pope's reveal
Raniero Mancinelli, an 86-year-old tailor from Rome, is preparing a cassock for the new pope, whose selection will take place ...
Pope Francis sheltered the homeless. Now they worry what comes net
Siracusa was among a group of homeless, migrants, prisoners and transgender people waiting on the steps of the Basilica of St ...