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I Prayed After My Friend Was Swept Away on a Lagos Beach
On a beach here in Lagos, Nigeria, a huge wave had swept my friend, Fola Francis, away. She hadn’t been found. As I got in a ...
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Comfort or Counseling?
For psychotherapy to stay relevant in an age of increased trauma and anxiety it may need to borrow from the urgent-care model ...
'A moment of profound emotion and reflection': Pope Francis' faithful mourners
A look at some of the hundreds of thousands of Catholics from around the world who flocked to Vatican City to pay their ...
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Poor, powerful pray for eternal repose of Pope Francis
Pope Francis, a pope among the people, was mourned by 200,000 people at his funeral in St. Peter's Square. His legacy of ...
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Universal Prayers delivered in different languages at Pope Francis' funeral
The General Intercessions, or the Universal Prayers, were delivered in different languages, including Portuguese, Chinese and German, at Pope Francis' funeral Mass.
The Irish News15d
US President Donald Trump will join other world leaders and dignitaries at the requiem mass.
He said that he offered a “final prayer on behalf of the people of Ireland” just before the funeral. While Saturday is the first of nine official days of mourning, speculation regarding the ...
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L.A. churchgoers hold funeral prayers to honor Pope Francis
Community members and churchgoers gathered at the Resurrection Catholic Church in Boyle Heights on Friday night to honor the life of Pope Francis. KTLA's Sara Welch reports on April 25, 2025. A ...
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Pope Funeral Begins With Universal Prayer In Six Languages, Including Mandarin For The First Time
Pope Francis' funeral mass began with the Prayer of the Faithful, delivered by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. In a significant departure from past papal funerals, the prayer was recited in six ...
National Catholic Reporter16d
Pope Francis funeral photos: Prayers, tears and Zelenskyy meeting mark final goodbye
Monarchs and presidents, cardinals and sisters, Jubilee pilgrims and tourists filled the square for the funeral of the charismatic ... papacy April 25 during a prayer service in St. Peter's ...
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Pope Francis Funeral Marks Historic Shift in Rituals: Multilingual Prayers Break Tradition | Vatican
For the first time in the history of papal funerals, the Prayer of the Faithful was delivered in six languages—including a groundbreaking addition that reflected Pope Francis’s global outreach ...
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Pope Francis' funeral schedule, what to expect from the Novendiali, a 9-day period of prayer, mourning
Pope Francis’ funeral will be held on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. local Rome time (4:00 a.m. ET) and more than 200,000 people are expected to attend the deceased Vicar of Christ’s services. Thousands of ...
The Catholic Leader16d
Pope Francis’ Funeral Mass brings poor and powerful together in prayer
At the end of the Mass, Cardinal Baldassare Reina, papal vicar of Rome, offered special prayers for the city’s deceased bishop, Pope Francis. Then Eastern Catholic patriarchs and major archbishops ...