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Francis: a Pope Who Cared Deeply for the Poor and Opened Up the Catholic Church

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pontiff, has died, the Vatican announced on April 21, 2025. He was 88. Francis had served...

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CounterPunch

Mathew Schmalz

How the next pope will be elected – what goes on at the conclave

Holding a conclave to elect a pope is a tradition that goes back centuries.

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The Conversation

Mathew Schmalz

As ‘right to die’ gains more acceptance, a scholar of Catholicism explains the position of the Catholic Church

The Catholic Church opposes assisted suicide and euthanasia, but it also doesn’t support treatments that prolong suffering in the face of...

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The Conversation

Mathew Schmalz

Francis − a pope who has cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before.

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The Conversation

Mathew Schmalz