About 1.5 million people attended his closing Mass at a riverside park in the Portuguese capital, the Vatican said, quoting local authorities.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/closing-youth-festival-in-portugal-pope-shares-old-mans-dream-of-peace/article_a092ec86-6d1f-5bf4-a11b-1ccbb8e4db01.html

According to the Vatican Gendarmerie, about 60,000 people were present in St. Peter's Square for the Angelus.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/pope-francis-the-three-kings-found-god-in-poverty

According to the Vatican, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishops, who had traveled to Rome from around the world, spoke Wednesday about the suffering experienced by the Ukrainian people.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/ukrainian-greek-catholic-synod-tells-pope-francis-he-has-made-painful-statements

According to Vatican News, a Polish man approached the basilica’s high altar on Thursday at closing time, undressed and jumped up on the marble altar.

Source: https://www.mymcmurray.com/2023/06/03/vatican-cardinal-performs-rite-at-desecrated-altar-in-st-peters-basilica-after-naked-protest/

Advocacy groups are expected in Rome and at the Vatican to call attention to these issues during the synod.

Source: https://thegavoice.com/news/national/pope-francis-opens-possibility-for-blessing-same-sex-unions/

Although he was appointed only as FDR’s personal “Peace Ambassador,” the Vatican extended full ambassador status to him on February 13, 1940.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/features-on-jewish-world/myron-taylor-jewish-refugees-the-pope-and-israel/2023/10/04/

Among the theories have been ones linking the disappearance to the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt against John Paul in 1981 in St. Peter's Square or to the international financial scandal over the Vatican bank.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11980675/Pope-Francis-slams-insinuations-John-Paul-II-prowled-Rome-looking-underage-girls.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

And yet the historical record is clear: whatever changes that Ratzinger’s thinking underwent during his long career, he always understood Vatican II reform as involving both continuity and discontinuity.

Source: https://catholicoutlook.org/the-conciliar-reform-was-real/

An estimated 195,000 people have already paid their respects during three days of lying in state at the basilica, the Vatican said, while up to 100,000 were expected for Thursday’s funeral.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/pope-francis-leads-ex-pontiff-benedicts-funeral/

Another effect of this prudent and impartial way of acting on the part of the Holy See on that occasion was that all the Cuban bishops were able to participate in the imminent Second Vatican Council.

Source: https://catholicoutlook.org/the-nuclear-threat-and-the-war-in-ukraine/

A nun waits for the funeral mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter’s square in the Vatican, on Jan.

Source: https://nationalpost.com/news/photos-pope-benedict-mccarthy-china-covid-kraken-connor-bedard

A one-line statement from the Vatican said Francis had “relieved” Bishop of the pastoral governance of and appointed the bishop of Austin as the temporary administrator.

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/11/pope-forcibly-removes-leading-us-conservative-texa/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

A second high-ranking Holy See official told a Vatican court on Friday that Pope Francis had authorised spending hundreds of thousands of euros in ransom payments to try to free a nun who was kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/2nd-vatican-official-pope-okd-ransom-payments-nun-8504351/

As he struggles to save the boy from the forces of darkness, he also uncovers a Vatican conspiracy with world-ending consequences.

Source: https://screenrant.com/popes-exorcist-father-amorth-true-story-biggest-changes/

At the Vatican, Cardinal Pell had been lauded for his financial expertise and creative methods to protect the church from being bankrupted by cases involving claims of abuse.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/australia/cardinal-george-pell-dead.html

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said plans were underway to hold a service at the Vatican and to bring Pell's body back to Australia, where it is expected to be buried in Sydney after the requiem Mass in Rome.

Source: https://www.newser.com/story/330185/cardinal-convicted-then-cleared-of-child-sex-abuse-dead-at-81.html

Because the just lately appointed prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, which recommends clergymen whom the pope will make bishops, he holds one of the vital influential positions on the Vatican.

Source: https://www.mccourier.com/pope-francis-names-21-new-cardinals-with-a-focus-beyond-europe/

Benedict had been frail for years, and the Vatican three days earlier had said Benedict’s health was worsening.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/01/01/pope-francis-grateful-for-noble-benedict-and-his-prayers/

Bolen said the Vatican's statement Thursdayshows Francis was listening to Indigenous people during their meetings at the Vatican and throughout his time in Canada.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/vatican-rejects-doctrine-of-discovery-a-move-indigenous-people-have-long-urged-6781927

But Benedict never admitted to any Vatican failure on abuse, and much to the dismay of victims, he never took action against bishops who ignored or covered up the abuse of their priests and moved known pedophiles around to abuse again.

Source: https://www.startribune.com/benedict-xvi-reluctant-pope-who-chose-to-retire-dies-at-95/600239839/