Catholics Expected a Revolution From Pope Francis, Just Not the One He Gave Them
Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Easter Sunday.
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Killing of Civilians Near Pahalgam in Kashmir Shatters Illusion of Calm
Indian soldiers after a search operation on Wednesday in the aftermath of the attack.
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Syria’s Jihadist-Turned-President Seeks New Allies
Syria’s new president, the former rebel leader Ahmed al-Shara.
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Vance Outlines U.S. Plan for Ukraine That Sharply Favors Russia
“We’ve issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and the Ukrainians, and it’s time for them to either say yes or for the United States to walk away from this process,” Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday in India.
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Jordan Cracks Down on Muslim Brotherhood
Jordanian police outside the Islamic Action Front office in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday.
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Will Canada’s Next Prime Minister Solve the Million-Dollar Housing Crisis?
Chilliwack, British Colombia, has become a magnet for people from Vancouver who can no longer afford living there.
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Odes to Mexican Drug Lords Are Pop Hits, but the Law Is Turning Against Them
Luis R. Conriquez performing last month in Monterrey, Mexico.
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Victims and Eyewitnesses in Kashmir Attack Describe Scenes of Chaos and Horror
The Lidder River, flowing through Pahalgam, a town in the southern part of Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Powerful Earthquake Shakes Istanbul, Sending People Into Streets
People gathered outdoors after an earthquake in Istanbul on Wednesday.
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U.S. Tells Its Diplomats in Vietnam to Avoid War Anniversary Events
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, accompanied by the U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, Marc Knapper, in red tie, walking to Binh Minh Jazz Club in Hanoi, Vietnam, in April 2023.
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Why Did Pope Francis Never Return to Argentina?
Parishioners took part in an open air mass to mourn the death of Pope Francis on Monday night in Buenos Aires.
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Francis, the First Latin American Pope, Dies at 88
Francisco visitando a los migrantes en Lesbos, Grecia, en 2021. Dijo que recibir al extranjero en la puerta es algo fundamental para la fe.
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What to Know About Pope Francis’ Funeral Arrangements
Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on April 13.
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Thursday Briefing: Trump Lashes Out at Zelensky
President Trump at the White House yesterday.
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Trump Team Races to Form Trade Deals After Tariffs Sow Global Chaos
President Trump has promised big gains for American trade, but given that deals typically take months or years to negotiate, experts say he has set up a seemingly impossible task.
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Scott Bessent Accuses IMF and World Bank of ‘Mission Creep’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is attending meetings with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on Wednesday in Washington.
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How to Watch Pope Francis’ Funeral
The funeral mass for Pope Francis will be held in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday at 10 a.m. local time.
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3 Takeaways From The New York Times’ Interview With Syria’s New President
President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria told The New York Times that his government was negotiating with both Russia and Turkey.
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What to Know About the Tensions Over Kashmir
Indian security forces escorting an ambulance with the bodies of tourists who were killed in Kashmir, on Wednesday.
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Jared Kushner Targets Albania’s Adriatic Coast for Luxury Tourism
Flamingos glide across the surface of the Narta lagoon, near the mouth of the Vjosa River.
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Wednesday Briefing: A Downgrade in Global Growth
Steep tariffs on U.S. trading partners have left businesses paralyzed by uncertainty.
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Almost Half of Americans Breathe Unhealthy Air, Report Finds
The view from Brooklyn in June 2023, when smoke from wildfires in Canada caused air quality to decline in New York City.
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A Simpler Funeral for Pope Francis, Who Shunned Many Papal Trappings
A group of pilgrims walking toward St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday in Rome.
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Mexico’s President Punches Back Against Kristi Noem’s Anti-Migrant Ads
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, left, with Kristi Noem, the U.S. secretary of homeland security, last month in Mexico City.
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Rubio Skipping Ukraine Talks as Zelensky Rebuffs U.S. on Crimea
Sifting through rubble a day after a Russian ballistic missile strike that killed 34 people in Sumy, Ukraine, last week.
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Francis Was the Pope Who Canonized the Most Saints
Pope Francis prayed in front of a memorial to Mother Teresa, whom he made a saint in 2016.
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Wednesday Briefing: A Downgrade in Global Growth
Steep tariffs on U.S. trading partners have left businesses paralyzed by uncertainty.
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Costa Rica Tells Trump Deportees They Can Stay and Integrate, or Leave
Migrants at a detention center last month in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
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Vatican Releases Photos of Pope Francis in His Casket
This photo of Pope Francis’ remains in the Chapel of Santa Marta in the Vatican on Monday and those below were released by the Vatican.
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At the pope’s hospital, Francis was a calming and mischievous presence.
Pope Francis celebrated the 100-year anniversary of Bambino Gesù’s donation to the Holy See, in 2024.
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Vatican Has a Vacancy, but It Doesn’t Stop Between Popes
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, right, before a rosary prayer on St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Tuesday. The cardinal is the dean of the College of Cardinals and is in charge of convoking the world’s 252 cardinals to Rome.
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A Choice That Sent a Message: Looking Back at Francis’ 2013 Election as Pope
Newly elected Pope Francis, waving from the steps of the St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, in 2013.
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I Watched the Pope Visit the Forgotten and Convert the Skeptical
Pope Francis riding in his popemobile in Asunción, Paraguay, after meeting with youths in 2015.
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Who is the dean of the College of Cardinals? (It’s not Ralph Fiennes.)
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, 91, at the Easter Vigil at the Vatican last week. He will preside over Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday.
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Syria Makes Rare Arrests of Palestinian Militant Group Leaders
Members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel group that led the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, at a security checkpoint in the city of Homs in February.
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Easter Monday, the Day Francis Died, Holds Special Significance
Pope Francis blessed tens of thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for Easter Mass on Sunday. A Vatican aide delivered a papal speech on his behalf.
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At Least 24 Tourists Gunned Down by Militants in Kashmir
Indian security officers patrolling near Pahalgam in south Kashmir after militants opened fire on tourists on Tuesday.
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‘The Two Popes,’ ‘Conclave’ and Francis’ Autobiography: The Papacy in Recent Culture
In an image released by Netflix, Anthony Hopkins, left, and Jonathan Pryce play Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Bergoglio, who later became Pope Francis, in a scene from the movie “The Two Popes.”
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Pope Francis Will Be Buried in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome
The St. Mary Major Basilica, in Rome, where Pope Francis will be buried.
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In Mexico, Francis Addressed the Immigration Debate
Francis before celebrating Mass in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border in 2016.
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IMF Expects Trump’s Tariffs Will Slow Global Economic Growth
The Port of Los Angeles. President Trump has imposed steep import taxes on America’s largest trading partners, leaving businesses paralyzed by uncertainty.
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Another way Francis broke with tradition: by choosing an unusually humble residence.
The Casa Santa Marta, a guesthouse at the Vatican that has been Pope Francis’ home since his election as pontiff in 2013.
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Even in Sickness, Pope Francis Reached Out to Gaza’s Christians
A Mass for Pope Francis at Holy Family Church in the Gaza Strip on Monday.
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Before his hospitalization, the pope gave his reflections on old age.
Pope Francis, center, kneeling to wash and kiss the feet of older and disabled people in 2014.
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China says it is willing to keep improving ties with the Vatican.
A cathedral in Shanghai on Tuesday. There are 10 to 12 million Catholics in China, according to some estimates.
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In Caracas, remembering a pastor ‘who walked with his flock until his final day.’
“For 40 years I have dedicated my life to God. That’s why I feel a great emptiness today,” said Rosalía González Ramírez, who was at the Caracas Cathedral in the Venezuelan capital with two of her granddaughters on Monday.
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Nations have begun official periods of mourning.
A memorial for Pope Francis at a cathedral in Manila, the Philippines, on Tuesday.
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Venezuelan Immigrant Deported by Trump Administration Has Disappeared
Ricardo Prada Vásquez accidentally turned onto the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit with Canada. He was detained while attempting to re-enter the United States.
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After Trump Spares Apple, Other Businesses Want a Tariffs Break
President Trump acknowledged last week that he had “helped” Apple, sparing iPhones from the roughly 145 percent U.S. tariff that currently applies to Chinese imports.
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Tuesday Briefing: Tributes for Pope Francis
St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City yesterday.
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Pope Francis’ Death Silences a Voice for the Voiceless
Pope Francis at a service for the world’s migrants and refugees in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican in 2023.
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Russia and Ukraine, Under Trump Pressure, Signal Openness to Direct Talks
Prelude to a Funeral
Pope Francis’ Coffin Is Moved to St. Peter’s Basilica to Lie in State
Who Is Attending Pope Francis’ Funeral? Guests Include Trump, Prince William and More