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News Articles: catholic church

Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience with thousands of journalists and media workers at Paul VI Audience Hall in Vatican City. The audience with journalists has become a tradition among newly elected popes.

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Pope Leo XIV asks journalists to use communication as a tool for peace

The remarks come just one day after the pope called for a ceasefire and access to humanitarian aid in Gaza and an end to the war in Ukraine.

May 12, 2025
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  • Sarah Ventre
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV concelebrates Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Friday.

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  • Europe

Read Pope Leo XIV's first homily as pope

During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their beliefs.

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Burke
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost poses after being elevated to the rank of cardinal at the Vatican, September 30, 2023. Photo by Yara Nardi/Reuters

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'A new beginning.' University of Georgia Catholic Center clergy reacts to Pope Leo XIV

The conclave of Catholic cardinals have elected the new pope, Robert Prevost who has chose the name Pope Leo XIV. He becomes the first American pope.

May 08, 2025
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  • Emma Auer
Hallow app founder Alex Jones.

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His Catholic prayer app is one of the most popular in the world. What's his take on the conclave?

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with the CEO of Hallow, a Catholic prayer app, about the next pope.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Detrow,
  • Erika Ryan,
  • and 2 more
Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the conclave, indicating that a successor of the late Pope Francis was not elected, Wednesday.

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Black smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel as cardinals cast an unsuccessful first vote

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the more than 130 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who the next pope should be.

May 07, 2025
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  • Sarah Ventre
Canadian Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins (right) and Cardinal Francis Leo walk on Via della Conciliazione street near the Vatican, with St. Peter's Basilica in the background, in Rome on Monday.

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  • Religion

The conclave to choose a new pope is about to begin

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Burke and
  • Bill Chappell
Cardinals mourn Pope Francis in Rome over the weekend.

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  • Religion

Conclave to choose the next pope starts May 7, Vatican says

The decision was made at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican's Synod Hall. The conclave will take place in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, which will remain closed to visitors during those days.

April 28, 2025
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  • Sarah Ventre
Pope Francis washes the feet of migrants at a refugee center near Rome in March 2016.

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Opinion: Pope Francis's sympathy for migrants was personal

Pope Francis often spoke with great sympathy for immigrants and refugees. NPR's Scott Simon reminds us that the Pope's father fled Mussolini's Italy, immigrating to Argentina.

April 26, 2025
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  • Scott Simon
The coffin of Pope Francis is carried during the funeral Mass of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 26, 2025.

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  • World

Photos: Pope Francis is laid to rest and mourned around the world

Pope Francis was honored with a funeral Mass Saturday morning in the Vatican City's St. Peter's Square. These are some of the images that captured the grief of those mourning him around the world.

April 26, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
Pope Francis greets participants to the Living Nativity Scene at the Basilica of St. Mary Major on December 14, 2024 in Rome, Italy. He will be laid to rest in the Basilica after his funeral in the Vatican on Saturday.

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What it's like in the church Pope Francis chose as his final resting place

Pope Francis will be buried in St. Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's Basilica, in a break with tradition.

April 25, 2025
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  • Ruth Sherlock and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Pope Francis smiles after celebrating Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2024.

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In Georgia? Here's how to stream or attend services honoring Pope Francis

Dioceses across Georgia are remembering Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88.

April 23, 2025
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  • Associated Press and
  • Chase McGee
In this photo from files taken on April 18, 2005, and released by the Vatican paper <em>L'Osservatore Romano</em>, Cardinals walk in procession to the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, at the beginning of the conclave.

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After Pope Francis' death, debates begin over his successor

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with discussions over which man is best suited to next lead the church.

April 22, 2025
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  • Willem Marx
Pilgrims arrive in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

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  • Europe

Public viewing for Pope Francis begins Wednesday ahead of Saturday funeral

Faithful from around the world are pouring into the Vatican, where Pope Francis' body will go on display Wednesday, ahead of a funeral Saturday.

April 22, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer
Pope Francis waves to thousands of followers as he arrives at the Manila Cathedral on Jan. 16, 2015, in Manila, Philippines.

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A look back at Pope Francis' life and legacy

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope Francis died Monday, the day after Easter, at the age of 88. As the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, he was the first Latin American pontiff, the first non-European pope in more than a millennium, and he left behind a legacy of service, unity, and compassion.

April 21, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
Cardinal O'Malley (Brían F. O'Byrne) and Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) confer in <em>Conclave. </em>

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  • Movie Interviews

Here's what 'Conclave' got right — and wrong — about the selection of a new pope

The Oscar-winning film is about the papal selection process. But how accurate is it to real life? Rev. Thomas Reese and Sister Susan Rose Francois weigh in on whether it checks out.

April 21, 2025
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  • Dhanika Pineda
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