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Pope Francis, right, hugs Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI prior to the start of a meeting with elderly faithful in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sept. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

In his own words: Pope Francis’ views on resigning changed over time

 
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re celebrates the funeral mass for late Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes in the Basilica of St. Peter at The Vatican, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

With Oscar-nominee ‘Conclave’ piquing interest, pope keeps dean of the College of Cardinals in place

 
Bishop Richard Williamson, foreground left, is escorted out of Heathrow airport by police and security officers after arriving on a flight from Argentina, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth), File)

Richard Williamson, Catholic bishop whose denial of Holocaust embarrassed Pope Benedict XVI, dies

 
FILE - Pope Francis, left, and Pope Benedict XVI, meet each other on the occasion of the elevation of five new cardinals at the Vatican, on June 28, 2017. Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” to sway votes during the past two conclaves and denied he is planning to reform the process to elect a pope in a new book-length interview published Tuesday April 2, 2024. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool photo via AP, File)

Pope exposes confidential details of past conclaves and settles scores with Pope Benedict XVI’s aide

 
FILE - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sits in St. Peter's Basilica as he attends the ceremony marking the start of the Holy Year, at the Vatican, Dec. 8, 2015. The Vatican next year will publish a collection of private homilies delivered by the late Pope Benedict XVI for his Sunday Masses, most of them penned during his 10-year retirement, officials said Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Vatican to publish never-before-seen homilies by Pope Benedict XVI during his 10-year retirement

 

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Pope Francis donates US Presidential Medal of Freedom to Buenos Aires Cathedral on 12th anniversary as pontiff

March 13 marks the 12th anniversary of Jorge Bergoglio’s election as Pope and leader of the Catholic Church. As part of the celebrations, Pope Francis sent the award he received from President Joe Biden to the authorities of the Buenos Aires Cathedral, which will be displayed in the Cathedral’s museum. (AP Video/Cristian Kovadloff)
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Pope Francis blows a candle on a cake as he celebrates his birthday with children assisted by the Santa Marta dispensary during an audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. Pope Francis turnes 87 on Dec.17. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis’ 87th birthday closes out a big year of efforts to reform the church, cement his legacy

 
New Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, poses for a photo at the end of the consistory where Pope Francis elevated 21 new cardinals in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Clergy abuse survivors propose new ‘zero tolerance’ law following outcry over Vatican appointment

 
FILE - Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of the church envisages doctrine developing over time. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope says some ‘backward’ conservatives in US Catholic Church have replaced faith with ideology

 
FILE - Archbishop Georg Gaenswein looks at Pope Francis delivering his message during an audience at the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, on Feb. 4, 2017. Pope Francis has formally removed the longtime aide to Pope Benedict XVI and ordered him to return to his native Germany. It's the final chapter in a very public falling out that culminated with the Rev. Georg Gaenswein's tell-all memoir that was highly critical of Francis. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope sends Benedict XVI’s former aide back to Germany in latest sign of falling out