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In the wake of Pope Francis’ passing on Easter Monday, the Catholic Church will begin the process of selecting the next Bishop of Rome, thereby setting the future course of the Church and its 1.3 billion followers.

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they’re counted, and then burning them to produce either the white or black smoke to signal if there’s a new leader for the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics.

Vice President JD Vance sent his condolences to Christians around the world after the passing of Pope Francis on Easter Monday.

President Donald Trump reacted Monday morning to the announcement from the Vatican that Pope Francis died.

In Paris, the bells of the recently restored Notre Dame rung out and football matches across Italy are cancelled in mourning. 

Pope Francis has died, the Vatican announced early Monday morning in Rome. He was 88.

Pope Francis met briefly in his hotel Sunday with U.S. Vice President JD Vance who is spending Easter in Rome alongside his family.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his family were at the Vatican for Good Friday services to celebrate Easter. The convalescing pope did not attend.

A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a “Good Palm Sunday, a good Holy Week,” in yet another reassuring public sign of his recovery from a life-threatening battle with double pneumonia.

Pope Francis is back. The octogenarian made a surprise public entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since he was discharged from hospital two weeks ago.

Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter´s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since his release from the hospital two weeks ago.

Pope Francis has shown “a truly surprising improvement” since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia, the doctor who coordinated the pontiff’s five-week hospitalization said Saturday.

Pope Francis returned home to the Vatican from the hospital on Sunday after surviving a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia.

Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs, his doctors said.

The world’s Catholic population is on the rise at the same time the number of priests has fallen, a report released Thursday by the Vatican shows.

Pope Francis continued his recovery from double pneumonia Sunday after doctors reported some positive news: After more than three weeks in the hospital, the 88-year-old pope is responding well to treatment and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days.

The Holy See published an audio message recorded by Pope Francis on Thursday thanking Catholics and others praying for his health as the octogenarian enters day 21 of an extended hospital stay to treat a severe respiratory condition.

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square early Tuesday morning to pray for ailing Pope Francis, expressing hope he can stay strong and recover from his current illness.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni paid a visit to Pope Francis in the Gemelli Hospital in Rome Wednesday, bringing well wishes from the government and the Italian people.

Pope Francis has been diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs, according to a statement released Tuesday evening by the Holy See Press Office.

The Vatican announced Monday afternoon that Pope Francis’ hospital stay would be extended for an indefinite period of time, citing a “complex” clinical condition due to an infection of the respiratory tract.

Pope Francis has been admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital to be treated for persistent bronchitis, the Vatican announced Friday.

Jesuit Father James Martin has struck back at the “internet,” launching the disingenuous and counter-factual claim that the Vatican “is not a walled city.”

The Sandinista regime of co-dictators Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo in Nicaragua published an unhinged screed this weekend declaring the Vatican a “depraved pedophile” state guilty of “Pharisean mysticism,” an apparent response to the public appearance of a bishop Managua persecuted.

Pope Francis weighed in on U.S. politics Tuesday, slamming new measures to deport irregular immigrants and insisting that illegal entry into the country is not a crime.

The head of the Vatican’s office for Promoting Integral Human Development claims that immigrants are being “terrorized” by President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

The human rights organization Prisoners Defenders revealed in a report on Tuesday that 198 political prisoners Cuba claimed to free as a gesture of solidarity with the Vatican in January were already eligible for release from prison, either because they completed their sentences or were eligible for house arrest.

Pope Francis denounced the “murderous practice of abortion” this week, asserting that “nothing is worth the life of a child.”

Pope Francis has pledged his prayers for “all those affected” by the fatal midair collision of a passenger plane and military helicopter near Washington, DC’s, Ronald Reagan National Airport on January 29.

U.S. border czar Tom Homan has called out Pope Francis for criticizing U.S. immigration policy while threatening those who enter the Vatican illegally.

Pope Francis made his debut on TikTok Sunday to promote his new autobiography, written with Italian journalist Carlo Musso for Mondadori.

ROME — Pope Francis has trolled President-elect Donald Trump on the eve of his inauguration, insisting his plan to deport illegal immigrants from the United States is a “disgrace.”

Pope Francis had a fall and injured his right arm Thursday in the second such mishap in almost a month, the Vatican said.

The Vatican City State has enacted stiffer penalties on anyone entering its territory or violating its airspace without permission, threatening offenders with fines and jail time.

Pope Francis has sent a telegram expressing his sorrow over the destruction and loss of life wrought by the wildfires ravaging southern California.

Pope Francis said Thursday that migrants should be valued for their dreams and talents rather than treated as a “problem to me managed.”