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Pope Francis' Conservative Critics Had a Unique Way to Oppose Him: a Retired Pontiff
Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...
Coloradans remember Pope Francis, who was "always pushing the cause of immigration, immigrants, refugees"
For a full hour Monday morning, the bells of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception rang in memory of Pope ...
A timeline of Pope Francis' health issues from hospitalization to his final appearance
Pope Francis had been suffering from health issues in the weeks before his death, including a more than one-month stay in the ...
Pope Francis’s many critics included a one-time aide and the Vatican’s ex-ambassador to the US
Every pope has his critics. And Pope Francis probably expected that he would face opposition to his reform agenda after ...
Pope Francis' cause of death was stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican says
Pope Francis has died​ at the age of 88 following a number of health issues in recent years. Here's what we know about his ...
Pope Francis was a globalist in an age of nationalists
Contempt for the “globalist” agenda also shaped right-wing criticism of Pope Francis, the venerable Argentine Jesuit cleric ...
Pope Francis was a source of controversy and spiritual guidance in his Argentine homeland
The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a teenager. They packed the cathedral ...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Passing of Pope Francis is 'personally devastating'
ABC's Linsey Davis spoke with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, one of the highest-ranking Catholics in American politics, who reflected ...