"To pray for the dead means, therefore, to love those who have died and that is what we are doing now for Pope Francis," the ...

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Pope Francis had warmth, courage, wisdom and a voice that translated Jesus’ message with urgency and clarity, and Francis' ...

Strickland, a former bishop, said he worried a pope similar to Francis would deepen the rift between the U.S. and the Vatican ...

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