{"id":20151,"date":"2025-04-21T08:48:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-francis-death-mourned-worldwide-as-catholic-church-prepares-for-next-chapter\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T08:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T08:48:47","slug":"pope-francis-death-mourned-worldwide-as-catholic-church-prepares-for-next-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-francis-death-mourned-worldwide-as-catholic-church-prepares-for-next-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis&#8217; death mourned worldwide as Catholic Church prepares for next chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content__post--66234270-1d71-452b-a2b5-399575bff4d4\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-66234270\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-04-21T04:26:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              22m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">JD Vance met Pope Francis on Sunday<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Vice President <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jd-vance-vatican-pietro-parolin-migrants-prisoners\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">JD Vance met Pope Francis<\/a><\/span> on Easter Sunday during a three-day family visit to Rome, his office said.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, also met with other church officials and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/21\/38eb098d-d5a6-4aa0-9a16-042b0f1bc882\/thumbnail\/1240x842\/2a8c8201e48db11056e7c1584880b9e7\/screenshot-2025-04-21-at-09-24-36.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa#\" alt=\"Vice President JD Vance shaking hands with Pope Francis \" height=\"842\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Vice President JD Vance met Pope Francis on Sunday, April 20, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                JD Vance<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It was an honor to meet with Pope Francis, Prime Minister Meloni, and Church officials in Italy this weekend,&#8221; Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VP\/status\/1881424590184067431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said on social media<\/a> overnight Monday. &#8220;Visiting Rome with my family during Holy Week was an incredible experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Haley  Ott              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Fpope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction%2F%23post-update-66234270\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSNews&amp;via=CBSNews&amp;text=JD%20Vance%20met%20Pope%20Francis%20on%20Sunday&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Fpope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction%2F%23post-update-66234270\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=JD%20Vance%20met%20Pope%20Francis%20on%20Sunday&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Fpope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction%2F%23post-update-66234270\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/pope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction\/#post-update-66234270<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--902dd01a-a164-4cab-b73c-9df676ec4158\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-902dd01a\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-04-21T04:14:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              34m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Pope Francis dies at age 88, Vatican announces<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Pope Francis <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-dies-age-88-catholic-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died Monday<\/a><\/span> at the age of 88, the Vatican said. He died almost a month after he was released from a Rome hospital where he was treated for five weeks for a respiratory infection that worsened into pneumonia.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                By Tucker  Reals              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Fpope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction%2F%23post-update-902dd01a\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSNews&amp;via=CBSNews&amp;text=Pope%20Francis%20dies%20at%20age%2088%2C%20Vatican%20announces&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Fpope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction%2F%23post-update-902dd01a\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=Pope%20Francis%20dies%20at%20age%2088%2C%20Vatican%20announces&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Fpope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction%2F%23post-update-902dd01a\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/pope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction\/#post-update-902dd01a<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--059fcacc-3ea4-4d11-93f8-cac31442874f\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-059fcacc\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-04-21T04:12:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              36m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">First pope from the New World<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1936, he was ordained as a priest in 1969, rising to become a Jesuit leader and Archbishop of Buenos Aires. He was created a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>When he was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/longtime-friend-pope-francis-an-authentic-man-wholl-reach-hearts-of-people\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">elected pope<\/a><\/span> in 2013 \u2014 the first ever from the Americas \u2014 he chose to name himself after Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of Italy, known for his simplicity and humanity. Pope Francis often said he wanted &#8220;a poorer Church&#8221; and one that would &#8220;include the excluded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He led by example, living in a humble room at the Vatican rather than the lavish papal apartments, and demonstrating his compassion by dining with the homeless, washing inmates&#8217; feet, and providing a home in Italy for migrants and refugees.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-update__footer\">\n              <span class=\"post-update__author\"><br \/>\n                              <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-update__share post-update__share--desktop\">\n<ul class=\"sharebar\">\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Fpope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction%2F%23post-update-059fcacc\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-facebook lazyload\" title=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-facebook\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?related=cbsnews,CBSNews&amp;via=CBSNews&amp;text=First%20pope%20from%20the%20New%20World&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Fpope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction%2F%23post-update-059fcacc\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-twitter lazyload\" title=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-twitter\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?title=First%20pope%20from%20the%20New%20World&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Flive-updates%2Fpope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction%2F%23post-update-059fcacc\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-reddit lazyload\" title=\"reddit\" target=\"_blank\" data-component=\"popups\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-reddit\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"sharebar__button-container sharebar__button-container--service \">\n            <textarea class=\"sharebar__textarea\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/pope-francis-dies-age-88-reaction\/#post-update-059fcacc<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"sharebar__button sharebar__button--type-link lazyload\" data-link-share-options=\"{\" shareurl=\"\" data-component=\"[\" link-share=\"\" title=\"link\"><br \/>\n                  <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"sharebar__icon sharebar__icon--link\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"#icon-social-link\"\/>\n      <\/svg><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--a9bec114-71f3-454a-87a4-55d3718320ac\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-a9bec114\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago\" datetime=\"2025-04-21T04:11:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              37m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Pope Francis&#8217; legacy of inclusion<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>The 88-year-old pontiff will leave a legacy as a relatively progressive pope. He sought to make the Catholic Church more inclusive, welcoming more women into leadership roles (though not the priesthood) and reaching out to LGBTQ people, famously saying, &#8220;Who am I to judge?&#8221; In doing so, he drew backlash not only from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/american-catholics-increasingly-believe-pope-francis-is-too-liberal-naive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">conservatives<\/a>, but also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/pope-francis-rome-vatican-city-germany-catholics-liberal-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">liberals<\/a> who argued he wasn&#8217;t going far enough or fast enough to reform the two-millennia-old institution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also led the Church in its reckoning with years of child sexual abuse, though not always as aggressively as some critics hoped for.<\/p>\n<p>In a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-francis-interview-60-minutes-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">2024 interview<\/a><\/span> with CBS News&#8217; Norah O&#8217;Donnell, Francis said the Church &#8220;must continue to do more. 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