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What happens next after Francis’ death? How the Catholic Church will pick a successor
The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...
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What are the church’s rites after the death of a pope and the election of a new one?
The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...
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Francis: The ‘outsider’ pope who faced fierce resistance to his reforms
Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more welcoming Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88. Francis was a pope of ...
‘Who am I to judge?’ Pope Francis had an informal, lighthearted speaking style
Pope Francis had an informal, lighthearted speaking style. When Francis met Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI for the first time ...
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Missouri could get independent prison oversight under 'Larry's Law,' named for slain inmate
The bill has been introduced for five straight years in the Missouri legislature, but failed to make it to committee hearings ...
An incessant crackdown in Belarus hurls dozens of independent journalists into harsh prisons
Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander ...