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Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Stockholm and Lutheran Archbishop Antje Jackelen of Uppsala, primate of the Church of Sweden, present Pope Francis with an icon of St. Francis of Assisi following the pope's general audience June 14, 2017, at the Vatican. The artist, Lars Gerdmar, held the icon during the presentation of the gift, which was an expression of gratitude for Pope Francis' visit to Sweden last October. Pope Francis, formerly Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21, 2025, at age 88. (
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Undated illustrations of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and St. Teresa of Avila are pictured in a combination photo. St. Thérèse of Lisieux is the patron of missionaries and missions and St. Teresa of Avila was mystic and founder of the Discalced Carmelites, and the first female declared to be a doctor of the church. (OSV News files/Nancy Phelan Wiechec/Crosiers)
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Members of the College of Cardinals pray at the tomb of Pope Francis and attend 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 photo/Lola Gomez)
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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 J. Farrell, chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, and to the left is Archbishop Ilson Montanari, secretary of the College of Cardinals. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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Pope Francis embraces a young person while greeting visitors as he rides the popemobile around St. Peter’s Square before his weekly general audience at the Vatican Nov. 27, 2024. Pope Francis, formerly Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21, 2025, at age 88. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
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Pallbearers carry the body of Pope Francis in an open casket during the procession into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 23, 2025. The pope will lie in the basilica for public viewing and prayer for three days before his funeral Mass April 26, 2025. (CNS photo/Paolo Galosi, pool)
Prayer, pilgrims accompany pope's body to basilica
People stand in line outside the Vatican to pay their respects to Pope Francis, lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 23, 2025. Public viewing was to continue until April 25, the night before the late pope's funeral. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
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Pope Francis speaks to people who find themselves in a situation of economic hardship at the house of the Missionaries of Charity in Marseille, France, Sept. 23, 2023. Pope Francis, formerly Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21, 2025, at age 88. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
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Kurt Martens, a professor of canon law at The Catholic University of America in Washington, talks to Catholic News Service in Rome about the rules governing a conclave to elect a new pope March 12, 2025. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)
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Pope Francis greets visitors as he rides the popemobile around St. Peter's Square before his weekly general audience at the Vatican Nov. 27, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Francis dies at 88
Pope Francis talks with Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 23, 2019. Pope Francis, formally Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21, 2025, at age 88. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Pope Francis leads his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Oct. 21, 2020.
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Pope Francis holds the monstrance as he gives his extraordinary blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the atrium of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 27, 2020. Pope Francis, formerly Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21, 2025, at age 88. (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, pool via Reuters)
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Cardinal Kevin Farrell, "camerlengo" or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, announced the death of Pope Francis from the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where the pope lived, at the Vatican April 21, 2025. Standing with him are Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state; Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, substitute for general affairs of the Secretariat of State; and Archbishop Diego Ravelli, master of papal liturgical ceremonies. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
US cardinal announces pope's death to the world
Pope Francis greets an elderly woman as he meets with people of the Banado Norte neighborhood in the Chapel of St. John the Baptist in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 12, 2015. Pope Francis, formerly Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21, 2025, at age 88. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Pope Francis speaks during a Sept. 12, 2020, meeting with members of the "Laudato Si'" Communities in the Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican. "Everything is interconnected," Pope Francis said in the encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for our Common Home." Pope Francis, formerly Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21, 2025, at age 88. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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Deacon Vince Charles takes a break after a run near St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Isanti, Minn., April 4, 2025. The deacon will run in the Boston Marathon on April 21. (OSV News photo/Dianne Towalski, The Central Minnesota Catholic)
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Father Paul Murphy is pictured in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France during the annual military pilgrimage to the French shrine on an undated photograph. In a powerful courtroom moment just before Holy Week, Irish Army chaplain Fath Murphy forgave the radicalized teenager who tried to kill him in a 2024 knife attack. (OSV News photo/courtesy Irish Defence Forces)
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Deacon Nicholas Monnin, a seminarian of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., has been chosen to chant the Exsultet (Easter Proclamation) at the Easter Vigil at St. Peter's Basilica April 19, 2025. Deacon Monnin is pictured Sept. 30, 2024, at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, where he studies. (OSV News photo/Scott Warden, courtesy Today's Catholic, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend)
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A file photo shows a catechumen being baptized during the Easter Vigil. France will see a record 17,800 catechumens baptized during the Easter Vigil April 19, 2025, including 10,384 adults and more than 7,400 young people ages 11 to 17, according to an annual survey by the National Service for Catechumens of the French bishops' conference. (OSV News photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald)
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Christ, voiced by Oscar Isaac, appears in a scene from the animated movie "King of Kings." The OSV News classification is A-I -- general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (OSV News photo/Angel Studios)
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Pope Francis greets the faithful as he makes a surprise appearance in St. Peter's Square at the end of Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican April 13, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
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An actor portrays Jesus Christ in a Passion play in Bydgoszcz, Poland, performed on Palm Sunday, April 2, 2023. The play brings new life to one of the first mass murders of World War II that took place in Bydgoszcz's Fordon neighborhood, dubbed the "Valley of Death.” The northwestern city will host the 24th annual performance of the play on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025. (OSV News photo/courtesy organizers)
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Thousands of pilgrims process from All Souls Church in Alhambra, Calif., to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles April 5, 2025. With the seven-mile pilgrimage taking place during the Catholic Church's Jubilee Holy Year, pilgrims had the opportunity to receive a plenary indulgence by participating in the event and fulfilling other conditions. (OSV News photo/Isabel Cacho, courtesy Los Angeles Archdiocese)
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