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Submissions Now Open! The Tablet Launches Easter Art Contest

Students from Brooklyn and Queens are being encouraged to release their inner Michelangelo, da Vinci, Dali, or Cezanne by submitting to the The Tablet's 2025 Easter art contest. Read More

International News

Thousands Line Streets of Rome To Bid Final Farewell to Pope Francis

The casket bearing the body of Pope Francis made its final journey through the streets of Rome accompanied by applause and shouts of gratitude from thousands of mourners. Read More

International News

The Next Pope: Lists Abound, Certainty Does Not

The news media, blogs, pundits and people on the street all seem to have their favorite candidate or a list of "probable" next popes, but the College of Cardinals as a whole does not. Read More

International News

Thousands Wait Hours To Pay Respects to Pope Francis

After the casket bearing Pope Francis' body was placed in St. Peter's Basilica, tens of thousands of mourners lined up to pay their respects. Read More

International News

Cementing His Love of Mary, Pope Chooses Marian Basilica as Burial Site

The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather than the Vatican is shining a spotlight on the 5th-century basilica dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Read More

Diocesan News

Bishop Brennan, Diocesan Parishioners Say Goodbye to Pope Francis at Vigil Mass

On the eve of Pope Francis’ funeral — when the world would bid a final farewell to the beloved pontiff — Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated a Vigil Mass of Repose for the “People’s Pope.” Read More

International News

A Bridge Between Faiths: Jewish Couple Honor ‘Very Sweet, Kind’ Pope Francis

Gary and Meredith Krupp are Jewish, but through their non-profit, Pave the Way Foundation, they've made lasting friendships with the last three popes, including Pope Francis. Read More

International News

9/11 Widow Recalls Meeting Pope Francis as ‘Something I’ll Treasure Forever’

A widow who lost her husband in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks is remembering Pope Francis for his humility and compassion for grieving survivors. Read More

Diocesan News

Local Argentinian Priest Recounts Meeting Father Jorge Bergoglio

Father Francisco Walker never had an audience with Pope Francis, but he did meet him as a little kid when Father Jorge Bergoglio (the future pope) came to his home in Buenos Aires on a motorcycle to have coffee with his parents. Read More

Diocesan News

Painting in Memory: St. John’s University Students Create Mosaic Tribute to Pope Francis

On April 23, students, faculty, and religious at St. John’s gathered outside the university’s St. Thomas More Church to create a heartfelt tribute to Pope Francis. Read More