Italy expected to draw travelers by the millions as Pope Francis kicks off Holy Year
The 2025 Jubilee will bring tourists to the Vatican, Rome and Italy to celebrate the Catholic tradition of patrons asking for ...
Pope Francis refuses glitzy burial — opts for wooden casket as he simplifies papal funeral rites
The 87-year-old pontiff – who turns 88 next month – enacted a new set of liturgical rites aimed at modernizing the Catholic ...
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Pope Francis approves simpler, quicker procedures for papal funerals
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — New simplified procedures for the funerals of popes were released earlier this month, reflecting Pope ...
Pope Francis rejects tradition, opts for humble wooden casket and burial outside Vatican
Pope Francis announced this week that he intends on having a much more simple funeral than those of his predecessors at the ...
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Pope Francis: Desire and Christian hope can overcome ‘dangerous plague’ of nihilism
Describing nihilism as “perhaps the most dangerous plague of today’s culture,” the pope told dicastery members their ...
Pope Francis, avoiding pomp, asks to be buried in simple wooden casket
Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the pomp and privilege of leading the global Catholic Church, has decided that a simple ...
Pope Francis Turns on Israel
With his call for a genocide investigation in Gaza, the pope has taken a side.
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Father Sichko auctions rare bourbons signed by Pope Francis, Tom Brady
Maxwell Street Immigration Clinic in Lexington, The Diocese of Lexington Ministry of Father Sichko, and Paws 4 The Cause in ...
Holy spirits: Pope Francis, Tom Brady autograph rare whiskey
Right now on the auction block at Sotheby’s are three incredibly rare bottles of Willett purple top single barrel bourbon.
Willett Distillery bourbon bottles signed by Pope Francis to be auctioned
Two bourbon bottles with Bardstown ties and featuring a unique signature from a world religious leader will soon be auctioned ...
Pope Francis Names Late Web Designer as First Millennial Saint
Carlo Acutis, born to Italian parents in London, was a talented web designer who died from leukemia in Italy at just 15 years ...