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Pope Francis funeral live: Pope is buried in simple underground tomb in private ceremony after 400,000 watched service
Follow live coverage from Pope Francis's funeral as world leaders gather in Rome. Francis died on Easter Monday after 13 ...
About 250,000 mourners pay last respects to Pope Francis over 3 days of public viewing
Roman neighbors and retired flight attendants Aurelia Ballarini and Francesca Codato came to pay respects to Pope Francis on ...
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Letters to the Editor: Pope Francis saw the big picture, and put climate change in the foreground
A priest reminds readers that, in Laudato Si’ and Laudate Deum, Pope Francis exhorted the world to act on climate change ...
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The Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal making cuts due to loss of federal funding
The Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington-Normal is losing $600,000 in federal funding, causing them to let go of more than half ...
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Pope Francis' ordinary shoes bring pride to his Argentine neighborhood — and his cobbler
The man who would become Pope Francis always bought his shoes in the same place. And now the remarkably ordinary footwear has ...
On China and Russia, Trump’s tactics appear to fall flat
President Donald Trump overestimates U.S. influence in his clash with China and underestimates it in his dealings with Russia ...
Conclave: Odds are still against an African pope
The death of Pope Francis has reignited hopes for the first African leader to be installed at the helm of the Catholic Church in modern times. But there are reasons to believe that their time hasn't ...