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The body of Pope Francis is moved from Domus Sanctae Marthae to St. Peter's Basilica, and lies in state for a 3-day public viewing.
2025-04-23

Pope Francis appoints Italian Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi as the Vatican's special envoy and peace envoy for the Russo-Ukrainian war.
2023-05-20

Pope Francis visits Iqaluit in Nunavut to apologize for the past abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools in Canada. The visit is his final stop on his Canada trip.
2022-07-29

Pope Francis appoints twenty-one new cardinals. Most of the cardinals are from outside Europe.
2022-05-29

A court in the Holy See indicts ten people, including Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, on embezzlement, money laundering, fraud, extortion and abuse of office. Pope Francis personally approved the indictments.
2021-07-3

Pope Francis appoints Archbishop Tito Yllana as the new Apostolic Nuncio in Israel and Cyprus, and Apostolic Delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine.
2021-06-3

Pope Francis announces the creation of 13 new cardinals, including the elevation of Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington who will become the first African-American cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. The elevation is scheduled to occur on November 28.
2020-10-25

Pope Francis ousts conservative cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller.
2017-07-1

In a surprise appointment by Pope Francis, Bishop Anders Arborelius is the first ever person from Sweden to become a cardinal.
2017-05-21

With a Moto Proprio, Pope Francis announces the establishment of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. The Prefect of the new Dicastery is the Irish-born Bishop Kevin Joseph Farrell, currently serving as Bishop of Dallas.
2016-08-17