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Americans are fueling a massive pope economy

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When the news broke on May 8 that Pope Franciss successor would be the first-ever American to hold the sacred position and a Chicagoan, no lesssocial media erupted with celebration and Windy City-specific memes. Peter in Vatican City, though, vendors and various service providers are preparing for a full-on religious tourist invasion.

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Typhoon Haiyan to ‘Praised Be’: Here’s Pope Francis’s key moments in tackling climate change

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Few moments in Pope Francis ‘ papacy better exemplify his understanding of climate change and the need to address it than the rain-soaked Mass he celebrated in Tacloban, Philippines, in 2015. Some of Francis’ strongest calls to protect the environment would come on or around Earth Day, celebrated April 22.

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Vatican announces funeral and public viewing dates for Pope Francis

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The cardinals met Tuesday in the Vatican’s synod hall to chart the next steps before a conclave begins to choose Francis’s successor, as condolences poured in from around the world. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.

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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88

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And then Francis, the crowd-loving, globe-trotting pope of the peripheries, navigated the unprecedented reality of leading a universal religion through the coronavirus pandemic from a locked-down Vatican City. We have realized that we are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented, Francis told an empty St.