Providence Bishop-elect Bruce Lewandowski. / Credit: The Diocese of Providence CNA Staff, Apr 26, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). The Vatican on April 8 announced that Pope Francis had appointed Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Bruce Lewandowski as the new head of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island. Less than two weeks later, Pope Francis passed away,…
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Pope Francis blesses St. Peter’s Square with the Blessed Sacrament during the statio orbis prayer to end COVID-19 pandemic, Friday, March 27, 2020. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Apr 26, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis’ pontificate spanned 12 years and numerous major global events — including international gatherings, the COVID-19 crisis, and…
Pope Francis and Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb sign the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together in 2019 . / Credit: Vatican Media ACI MENA, Apr 26, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). With the passing of Pope Francis, the world is reflecting on a pontificate marked by bold outreaches, including to the…
In the post-Conciliar calendar this is the “Second Sunday of Easter”. In the 1962 Missale Romanum and in previous editions this Sunday is labelled: Dominica in Albis in Octava Paschae… Sunday in white garments on the Octave of Easter. In traditional parlance today is called “Low Sunday” or sometimes “Thomas Sunday” because of the Gospel…
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Pallbearers carry the wooden coffin of Pope Francis, marked with a cross, into St. Peter’s Square for the funeral Mass on April 26, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 26, 2025 / 05:03 am (CNA). More than 200,000 people filled St. Peter’s Square for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday as the…
I am looking at a couple of random lines lifted from a bleak little poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., written at a sad time near the end of a short and, by his own reckoning, unfulfilled life. He was quite mistaken about that, by the way. His last words, whispered aloud about how happy…
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