From 11 AM yesterday morning to 1 PM today 61 thousand people have paid homage to the mortal remains of #PopeFrancis in St. Peter’s Basilica. The coffin will be sealed on Friday evening ahead of his funeral on Saturday. (📷: Vatican Media)

Kim Daniels Kim Daniels on MSNBC Chris Jansing: “One of the great visions of #PopeFrancis is to remind us all that we are a global Church, that the most important places are the places we see as on the peripheries.” youtube.com/watch?v=Rw-Gyq…

Kim Daniels Kim Daniels, Director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, speaks to Anderson Cooper 360° about Pope Francis’ legacy: “That humility really was a hallmark of his papacy.”

“I feel as though I have lost my own pastor. People on the margins of our world have lost their most steadfast advocate.” Chris Crawford in Sojourners sojo.net/articles/opini…

Vatican: 149 cardinals present in Rome now. 33 made interventions during today’s meeting. 150K have paid respects to #PopeFrancis’ body as of noon today.

Watch: Kim Daniels, Gloria Purvis, and Father John Enzler on Pope Francis millennialjournal.com/2025/04/25/us-…

"To the last, the pope’s gestures as much as his words invite us to a life, simpler, gentler, kinder, closer to suffering and unafraid of the civilisational power...of empathy, compassion, mercy and love as the pathway to truth" Anna Rowlands abc.net.au/religion/anna-…

"Francis has become a very strong and positive stimulus for the Society of Jesus," he said, pointing to two pillars the pope continually emphasized: discernment and presence on the frontiers" Antonio Spadaro

Kim Daniels MSNBC Chris Jansing Kim Daniels Kim Daniels on José Díaz-Balart Reports: “That’s what @PopeFrancis’ legacy will be: a Church that’s open to everyone without exception. Not a fortress, but a home.” archive.org/details/MSNBCW…

#SedeVacante #PapaFrancesco Le immagini del rito della Chiusura della bara del Romano Pontefice La celebrazione, svoltasi secondo le prescrizioni dell’Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis, si è conclusa alle ore 21:00

Pope Francis was buried in the side aisle of the Basilica of St Mary Major, between the Pauline Chapel, where his beloved icon of Our Lady ‘Salus Populi Romani’ is located, and the Sforza Chapel. The Pope's burial rite was preceded by the singing of four psalms and accompanied

Many faithful began arriving at around 9p.m the night before, queuing through the chilly night in preparation for the 10 a.m. Exequial Mass for Pope Francis. It was a night and morning marked by only one language: love for #PopeFrancis.

"His homily offered a ringing endorsement of the Catholic Church’s priorities under Francis and was matched by enthusiasm by the thousands who frequently interrupted his words with their applause"

Story from Christopher Lamb CNN: How Pope Francis addressed the role of women in the Church Kim Daniels Kim Daniels shared that #PopeFrancis “made significant strides towards greater inclusion of women in church decision-making.” At the same time, “much more remains to be done,” and

A Dahlgren Dialogue on “Remembering Pope Francis: Continuing His Mission” 🗓️ Tuesday, May 6 🕓 6:00 - 7:15 pm EDT 📍 Dahlgren Chapel & livestreamed 🗣️ Kim Daniels, Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Norma Seni Pimentel, Andrew Prevot Georgetown University, Anne Thompson 🔗 bit.ly/RememberingPop… GU Campus Ministry

"The struggle of the 2025 conclave will not be over doctrine, but over whether the decline of institutional Christianity is seen as a call to go back and double down, or to wake up to the conversion that Francis so powerfully embodied"

The conclave to elect a new Pope will begin on May 7 according to the Holy See Press Office. The Cardinals present in Rome made the decision on Monday at their fifth General Congregation. The conclave will take place in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, which remain closed to

"...the unity the church seeks is never uniformity, but “a fruitful plurality of living in and towards the one truth … unity is in and for the sake of a faith receiving, nurtured and shared with and for others.” Anna Rowlands

"In the Catholic view, truth is an embodied encounter, not simply a downloading of information. Francis himself made this point with startling clarity: “Truth, according to Christian faith, is the love of God for us in Jesus Christ. Truth is a relationship"

Sign up now! ✝️ "Remembering Pope Francis" - Should be a fabulous event Featuring Rabbi Skorka, Hna. Norma Pimentel, journalist Anne Thompson, and others. Thanks, Kim Daniels 💯 catholicsocialthought.georgetown.edu/events/remembe…