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In thanksgiving for the life of Pope Francis
April 22, 2025“We have lost our spiritual father. While there is sadness in my heart, there is also a deep sense of gratitude for his ministry and his witness,” shares Archbishop Hartmayer.
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What did Pope Francis mean to you? Share your memories
April 22, 2025The Georgia Bulletin would like to hear from people about how Pope Francis shaped their faith life, especially those in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
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Atlanta’s parishes hold prayer services, Masses for Pope Francis
April 22, 2025Parishes across the archdiocese have organized prayer services and Masses for Pope Francis ahead of his funeral Mass on April 26, and in the following days of mourning.
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Pope’s funeral set for April 26, public viewing April 23-25
April 22, 2025The funeral Mass of Pope Francis will be celebrated April 26 in St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican announced. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, will preside over the liturgy.
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With pastor’s touch, Pope Francis preached mercy, embraced ‘peripheries’
April 21, 2025Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, gave new energy to millions of Catholics–and caused concern for some–as he transformed the image of the papacy into a pastoral ministry based on personal encounters and strong convictions about mission, poverty, immigration and dialogue.
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Bishop Tran reflects upon the invitation of Pope Francis
April 21, 2025“I am forever grateful to Pope Francis for teaching me how to live as a disciple of Jesus,” writes Bishop Tran upon learning of the Holy Father’s death.
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Bishop Shlesinger recalls pastoral charity of Pope Francis
April 21, 2025“I thank God for Pope Francis, for he has taught me to be a better disciple, a more charitable man and a more pastoral bishop,” said Bishop Bernard E. Shlesinger.
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Pope Francis’ last Easter message: Jesus’ resurrection makes Christians pilgrims of hope
April 21, 2025The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in God’s power to defeat sin and death as the resurrection of Jesus shows, Pope Francis wrote in his final Easter message. The pope died a few hours later.
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Bishop Konzen reflects on Pope Francis’ leadership
April 21, 2025“Starting with Pope Pius XII, I have enduring memories of the popes of my lifetime,” writes Bishop Joel Konzen. “But Pope Francis is the one who called me to the episcopacy and whom I’ve met one-on-one in Rome …”
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US cardinal announces pope’s death to the world
April 21, 2025U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, the “camerlengo” or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, announced to the world that Pope Francis had died April 21 at the age of 88.