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A member of the College of Cardinals prays at the tomb of Pope Francis and attends vespers at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome April 27, 2025. Cardinals and the faithful visited the Marian basilica to offer their prayers and respects. (CNS/Lola Gomez)
Vatican

Cardinals, faithful flock to Rome's center to pray at pope's tomb

Carol GlatzCatholic News Service
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, center, leads cardinals in prayer during their first general congregation April 22, 2025, in the Vatican Synod Hall. To Cardinal Re's left is U.S. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, and to the left is Archbishop Ilson Montanari, secretary of the College of Cardinals. (CNS/Vatican Media)
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Vatican

The process to select a new pope has already begun. Cardinals are meeting almost daily in pre-conclave gatherings

Christopher White
Youth gather in St. Peter's Square the evening of April 26, hours after hundreds of thousands of Catholics, leaders and diplomats crammed into St. Peter's Square to mourn the death of Pope Francis. (NCR photo/Olivia Bardo)
Opinion

Peaceful hope descends on St. Peter's Square

Olivia Bardo
EarthBeat

I converted to Catholicism because of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si'

Matthew Groves

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