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Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff as he presides over the Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 19, 2024.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope trip to Luxembourg, Belgium confirmed for September, 2 weeks after challenging Asia visit

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Pope Francis speaks with CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell on April 24, in an interview to be broadcast first on the network’s “60 Minutes” program Sunday evening. (CBS News/Andrew Verdugo, used with permission.)

Pope Francis tells CBS’ ‘60 Minutes’ that U.S. conservative Catholics have ‘suicidal attitude’

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis waves to faithful at the end of a mass in St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy, Sunday, April 28, 2024. The Pontiff arrived for his first-ever visit to the lagoon town including the Vatican pavilion at the 60th Biennal of Arts. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale’s must-see prison show

By Nicole Winfield and Paolo Santalucia - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his speech during his weekly general audience in the St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems that would require doing so, saying in a new memoir he still has “many projects to bring to fruition.” Francis, 87, made the comments in an autobiography, “Life: My Story Through History,” which is being published Tuesday, March 19, 2024, the 11th anniversary of his installation as pope. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis skips Palm Sunday homily at start of busy Holy Week that will test his health

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Leonard Francis. Convicted defense contractor Leonard "Fat Leonard" Francis who led a daring escape weeks before he was scheduled to be sentenced in 2022 made his first appearance in federal court in San Diego on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, after being returned to U.S. custody as part of the Venezuelan prisoner swap. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP, File)

‘Fat Leonard’ seeks new attorneys ahead of sentencing in Navy bribery case, causing another delay

By Julie Watson - Associated Press

Pope Francis arrives in the Paul VI hall on the occasion of the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis says he wants to be buried in the Rome basilica, not in the Vatican

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Former Vatican's first auditor general, Libero Milone, left, speaks flanked by his lawyer Romano Vaccarella during a press conference at the Foreign Press Club in Rome, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. Two Vatican trials are coming to a head and posing uncomfortable questions for the Holy See, given they both underscore Pope Francis’ absolute power and the legal, financial and reputational problems that can arise when he wields it. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

The pope’s absolute power, and the problems it can cause, are on display in 2 Vatican trials

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

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 Francis stirs fury among critical U.S. Catholics; faithful dispute ‘attitude’ problem

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the new head of the Italian bishops conference, arrives for a press conference in Rome, Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Pope Francis’ peace envoy is heading to Moscow after the short-lived Wagner rebellion

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis is flanked by Jesuits' superior general Arturo Sosa Abascal, left, after presiding over a Mass on March 12, 2022. Pope Francis Jesuit religious order said Thursday, June 15, 2023, it has expelled a prominent Slovenian priest from the congregation following allegations of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuses against adult women. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

Jesuits expel prominent Slovenian priest after allegations of abuse against adult women

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

This image made available by Vatican News shows Pope Francis meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a private audience at The Vatican, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Francis recently said that the Vatican has launched a behind-the-scenes initiative to try to end the war launched last year by Russia. (Vatican News via AP)

Zelenskyy meets Pope Francis at Vatican and seeks backing for Ukraine’s peace plan

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops in some parts of the world support laws that criminalize homosexuality or discriminate against the LGBTQ community, and he himself referred to homosexuality in terms of "sin." But he attributed attitudes to culture backgrounds, and said bishops in particular need to undergo a process of change to recognize the dignity of everyone. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis says homosexuality not a crime, but he still calls it a sin

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

When’s Easter? Pope wants end to differing dates in Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic traditions

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate mass at the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa, Bahrain, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Pope Francis is making the November 3-6 visit to participate in a government-sponsored conference on East-West dialogue and to minister to Bahrain's tiny Catholic community, part of his effort to pursue dialogue with the Muslim world. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Thousands pack Bahrain national stadium for pope’s main Mass

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

President of the Metis community, Cassidy Caron, second left, and other delegates arrive to speak to the media in St. Peter's Square after their meeting with Pope Francis at The Vatican, March 28, 2022. Pope Francis’ trip to Canada, which begins Sunday July 24, 2022, to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy in the Americas, spurred on by the first American pope and the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at the school sites. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Pope’s Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press