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The chapel next to where Francis was being buried is home to a Byzantine-style icon of the Madonna, the Salus Populi Romani. Francis was particularly devoted, and reportedly would pray before the icon ...

Just a week into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV had a phone call with one of the late Pope Francis' dear friends: Ahmed al-Tayeb, a Muslim leader who serves as the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, an important ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday urged Catholic leaders to courageously accompany families in their weaknesses and failures, as he embraced one of Pope Francis’ most contentious teachings ...

Pope Francis, Latin America’s first pontiff, died at age 88 after a cerebral stroke. Francis stressed humility over hubris ...

Roughly 1 million people descended upon Philadelphia as Pope Francis became the second sitting pontiff to visit.

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