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Pope Leo XIV celebrates the canonization Mass of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV declares teen computer whiz Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

FILE - Cardinals attend a Mass on the fifth day of mourning for the late Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Pope Francis left unfinished business after a 12-year papacy. What challenges await the next pope?

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, left, prays in front of the body of Pope Francis laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)

Pope Francis’ funeral to be held Saturday, with public viewing starting Wednesday

By Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry - Associated Press

Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he leaves after delivering the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

2 weeks post-surgery, Pope Francis appears at Vatican window

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis reads is message before delivering the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. At right is Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the Vatican Almoner. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis, secure in his Vatican, scolds ‘stony’ hearts toward migrants

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This picture taken on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 shows the view of the Teutonic Cemetery inside the Vatican. On Thursday, July 11, 2019 the Vatican opened a pair of tombs inside the cemetery after further investigation into the case of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee, Emanuela Orlandi, who disappeared in 1983 only to find that the tombs were empty. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

No bones found in Vatican tombs searched for missing girl

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Pope Francis is framed by cellphones as he arrives for his weekly general audience, in the Pope Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Vatican launches track team of Swiss Guards, nuns

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis blesses a pregnant woman during his weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool via AP)

Pope Francis, a man of thee not me

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016 filer, Pope Francis, left, talks with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae at the Vatican. A "modest" 90th birthday party is being planned for Benedict XVI, who stunned the Catholic church by resigning in 2013. His aide, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, says Benedict's birthday, which falls on Easter Sunday this year, will be celebrated on Monday in Bavarian style in keeping with the emeritus pontiff's roots. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate ‘modest’ 90th birthday: Vatican

The Washington Times