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This is Home: St. Margaret Mary Church unveils artistic acquisitions
For this week's This is Home, we visit a church in Parkersburg that recently became the home to two centuries-old works of ...
The Independent16d
Pope Francis: the revolutionary pontiff who changed the world and the Catholic Church (but couldn’t unite it)
Pope Francis, who has died aged 88 after 12 years at the head of the Catholic Church, was probably the most ... the moment he stood on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome after his ...
Time16d
What to Know About the Vatican’s Relationship With China—and What the Next Pope Means for It
People visit the Baoding Catholic church in Baoding, China's northern Hebei province on April 22, 2025. Adek Berry—AFP/ Getty Images Reporter When Pope Francis died on Monday, governments around ...
Journal Star17d
Beverly Ann Chambers
She married Richard Chambers on January 15, 1955, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Peoria, IL. He preceded her in death, as did her parents, James and Fern (Harris) Engle; her brother ...
Philadelphia Inquirer17d
It’s time for a Black pope for the Catholic Church. Actually, it’s way past time.
“It was just an amazing moment,” Davis recalled. With Francis’ death on Monday, the 83-year-old can’t help but wonder what’s next for the Catholic Church, and whether now might be the time for ...
Associated Press18d
Pope Francis sought to make LGBTQ+ people more welcome, but church doctrine didn’t change much
The Catholic Church still rejected same-sex marriage and condemned any ... Pope Francis presides at a Mass for the closing of the 16th general assembly of the synod of bishops, in St.Peter’s Basilica ...
The Washington Post18d
The abuse crisis is still roiling the Catholic Church
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis had once vowed to eradicate the “evil” of sexual abuse from the Roman Catholic Church. He called bishops to Rome for listening sessions. He drew up new guidelines ...
Yahoo Finance19d
The new leader of the Catholic Church will inherit a financial mess that Pope Francis spent much of his reign trying to fix
The bureaucrats bristled at the Pope’s recent draconian moves: Since 2021, he'd slashed salaries for the Church’s 250-odd cardinals three times. In 2023, he nixed the rich housing subsidies ...
The New York Times19d
Catholics Expected a Revolution From Francis, Just Not the One He Gave Them
Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy favored debate over radical action. By Jason Horowitz In Vatican City When Pope Francis convened Roman Catholic bishops at the ...
The Financial Times19d
The Maga Catholics trying to take back control of the church
a Catholic news website, and author of several books on the church and the papacy. Distrust of Francis was particularly widespread among the “Maga” Catholics, a group that combines support for ...
Sunday World19d
Man banned from visiting father’s grave after decades-long dispute with Catholic Church
And as a result his father’s final resting place at St John’s Catholic Church in Middletown, Co. Armagh, is now out of bounds to him and he’s forced to peer at it over a cemetery wall.
ITV19d
'He was providing love to us': Pope Francis phoned Gaza's only Catholic church every night
In the wake of Hamas' deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, he exemplified this dedication by making daily phone calls to the Holy Family Church in Gaza - the only Catholic parish in the ...