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. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican City, Apr 23, 2025 / 14:37 pm (CNA). Thousands of Catholics said their last…

Youngsters surrounding Pope Francis in the popemobile. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 23, 2025 / 12:55 pm (CNA). Pope Francis, baptized as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, celebrated his patron saint’s feast day every April 23. The patron saint’s day of the pope is a holiday at the Vatican and Pope Francis usually celebrated…

Swiss Guards accompany the pallbearers with the wooden coffin of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 23, 2025, during the translatio — the solemn transfer of the pope’s body for public viewing ahead of Saturday’s funeral Mass. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Apr 23, 2025 / 05:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis passed…

Assets sold to help pay a massive clergy sex abuse settlement in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, include the diocese’s former headquarters, pictured here, in downtown Buffalo. / Credit: Warren LeMay/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). The Diocese of Buffalo, New York, will pay out a massive $150…

German bishops gather in Rome on Nov. 17, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA CNA Staff, Apr 23, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA). The German Catholic bishops have published a handout that offers guidance to pastors on blessings for couples in “irregular” situations such as same-sex relationships, urging clergy to use the blessings to “express appreciation”…

Pope Francis’s body lies in state at St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Apr 23, 2025 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis was brought in solemn procession to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning, where the late pontiff will lie in state for three days for mourners…