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But the pope’s grueling schedule — which would exhaust anyone, let alone an 88-year-old with a series of health issues — is in keeping with Francis’ personality and with his vision of the papacy, say doctors, biographers and Vatican observers.
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Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Following a vacancy in the papacy, the College of Cardinals (bishops and Vatican officials chosen by the pope) gather to prepare for an upcoming papal election, which is called a conclave, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
In Argentina, whose population is roughly 63 percent Catholic, people celebrated Bergoglio’s ascendancy to the papacy with jubilation in the streets; thousands headed to the country’s cathedrals waving Argentine flags.
—Federico Perelmuter, The Dial, 13 Mar. 2025
But the papacy is shrouded in the kind of secrecy that obviates appraisals of accuracy.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Following a vacancy in the papacy, the College of Cardinals (bishops and Vatican officials chosen by the pope) gather to prepare for an upcoming papal election, which is called a conclave, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
In Argentina, whose population is roughly 63 percent Catholic, people celebrated Bergoglio’s ascendancy to the papacy with jubilation in the streets; thousands headed to the country’s cathedrals waving Argentine flags.
—Federico Perelmuter, The Dial, 13 Mar. 2025
But the papacy is shrouded in the kind of secrecy that obviates appraisals of accuracy.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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