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Pope Francis speaks at the Children’s Rights Summit on Feb. 3, 2025, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis to write papal document on theme of children

Feb 3, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

The summit includes panels on the child’s right to resources, to education, to food and health care, to family, to... Read more

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks on the U.S. opioid crisis at the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 23, 2025.

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Pilgrims line up inside the St. Peter’s Basilica to see Pope Francis lying in state.

Grief, sorrow in endless lines to bid farewell to Pope Francis

U.S. Vice-President JD Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, at the Vatican

JD Vance on Pope Francis: ‘He was a great Christian pastor’

Stephanie Gabaud receives a blessing from Pope Francis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on Sept. 24, 2015.

Americans who met Pope Francis in the United States share their reflections

Long lines of mourners, many waiting more than four hours under the hot Roman sun, wound around St. Peter’s Square on the first day of viewing for Pope Francis on April 23, 2025, at the Vatican.

Catholics bid final farewell as Pope Francis lies in state at St. Peter’s Basilica

Thousands of Catholics said their last goodbyes and paid their respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, as the late pope lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica.

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Youngsters surrounding Pope Francis in the popemobile.

Handing out ice cream, visiting the poor: Charity of Pope Francis on his patron saint’s day

Pope Francis's body lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday, April 23, 2025

PHOTOS: Pope Francis is brought to St. Peter’s Basilica

German bishops gather in Rome on Nov. 17, 2022.

German bishops: Blessings of same-sex couples should be done with ‘appreciation’

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