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PHOTO COLLECTION: Vatican Obit Pope Francis
This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors. The Associated Press
Apr 21, 2025 10:43 AM
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Global tributes pour in to honor Pope Francis after his death
LYON, France (AP) — Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on Monday after the Vatican announced the pontiff's death at age 88.
Apr 21, 2025 9:29 AM
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What are the church's rites for the death of a pope and the election of a new one?
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they're counted, and then burning them to produce either the wh
Apr 21, 2025 6:36 AM
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Read the announcement of the death of Pope Francis
The text of the announcement of the death of Pope Francis , which was read Monday by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo, from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.
Apr 21, 2025 5:16 AM
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Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday : Background Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children.
Apr 21, 2025 4:55 AM
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Pope Francis, Latin America's first pontiff who ministered with charm and humility, dies at 88
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives over climate change and critiques of capitalism, died Monday . He was 88.
Apr 21, 2025 4:31 AM
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From Buenos Aires to Rome: Key dates in the life of Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday : Dec.
Apr 21, 2025 3:59 AM
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Francis changed church policy on the death penalty and nuclear weapons but upheld it on abortion
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church's teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, upheld it in others such as abortion, and made inroads with Muslims and believers who long felt marginalized.
Apr 21, 2025 3:48 AM
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'Who am I to judge?' Pope Francis had an informal, lighthearted speaking style
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, who died on Monday , had an informal, lighthearted speaking style, and sometimes he even created words in a combination of his native Spanish with the Italian that he spoke as pope.
Apr 21, 2025 3:46 AM
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Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday : Background Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children.
Apr 21, 2025 3:46 AM
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