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History Today: When Pope Benedict XVI was installed as the head of the Roman Catholic Church
Pope Benedict XVI was installed as the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on April 24, 2005, becoming the first German ...
Will the church keep to Pope Francis’ inclusive and compassionate ‘big tent’ vision?
No matter the person elected, or what region of the world they represent, the next pope will have to grapple with Pope ...
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St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church holds Good Friday ceremony
A special tradition continued Friday at one of Savannah’s most historic churches. Parishioners gathered at St. Benedict the ...
Pope Francis Funeral: Watch Live Stream From St. Peter's Square
The public funeral Mass is being held in front of St. Peter's Basilica, with Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presiding. The ...
Pope Francis leaves a legacy as a Catholic Church reformer
The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...
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Who Was Pope Before Francis? Full Timeline of Catholic Church's Popes
While early popes endured the split of the Roman Empire ... Before Pope Francis, Pope Benedict XVI was the leader of the Catholic Church. Benedict, a German-born academic, was one of the oldest ...
What are the Catholic Church’s rites after the death of a pope and the election of a new one?
The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...
St. Cloud Catholics mourn loss of Pope Francis: ‘A light shining in the darkness’
The Diocese of St. Cloud released a statement from Bishop Patrick M. Neary commemorating the loss of the pope.