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Pope Francis Refused to Be Silent on Gaza. Will His Successor Follow Suit?
Even from his hospital bed, Pope Francis continued his near-daily video calls in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
Peter Laffin: Pope Francis ‘was not left or right’ but connected ‘God down to us’
The Washington Examiner‘s Peter Laffin suggested the late Pope Francis did not fit into the American left-right political ...
On last day of Pope Francis lying in state, huge crowds flock to Vatican
The Vatican said Friday some 150,000 mourners have filed past the body of Pope Francis, who is lying in state in St. Peter's ...
One final call: Pope Francis’ last blessing echoes in Gaza
Pope Francis regularly called a church in Gaza to ask how residents there were doing during the Israel-Hamas war. He is ...
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From Al-Azhar to Turkey: Middle East dignitaries gather for Pope Francis' funeral
Lebanon is sending President Joseph Aoun to Rome for the funeral, with Turkey, Iran and other states also dispatching ...
SF National Chair slams leaders for not following Pope on Gaza
In a statement, the South Antrim MLA called on those in power to follow the example of Pope Francis, who regularly spoke out ...
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Pope spent pontificate going to peripheries; at funeral, they came to him
He spent the rest of his pontificate going back out to those peripheries, traveling to more than 65 nations, preferring those that were poor, scarred by war, marginalized and forgotten. Then the ...
Irish president uses Pope Francis’s funeral to attack Netanyahu over Gaza
It is not wrong to "criticise a prime minister who is strengthening an army that is in breach of international humanitarian ...