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VATICAN CITY, — Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church for the past 12 years, has died at age 88. The head of the Catholic Church died Monday morning at 7:35 a.m. He had been the pope for 12 years, ascending to the head of the papacy on March 13, 2013.

[Catholic Caucus] Hospitalized Francis announces Vatican III"Vatican III" as in a new "Ecclesial Assembly" called upon as part of the "synodal process":Pope approves convocation of post-synodal Ecclesial Assembly in 2028Pope Francis officially initiates a new phase in the Church’s synodal journey by approving an accompaniment process that will culminate in an Ecclesial Assembly in 2028. [Vatican News]Wait, Francis? Or "Francis"? Is it working like the "Biden" administration, in which so many things were apparently decided without Biden himself being very much aware of them?Because the real Francis has been in a severe hospitalization moment since February 14th, and does not...

[Catholic Caucus] The Rhine-Tiber Two-Step II: Electric Boogaloo Earlier this month, I wrote a commentary on an alleged conflict between the Vatican and the German Church over their proposed “binding synodal process” on issues “arising from the clerical abuse crisis: clerical celibacy, the Church’s teaching on sexual morality, and a reduction of clerical power.”It was reported by CNA in early September that the decision of the German bishops to proceed with their proposed synodal assembly (which would have major input from an uber-progressive lay group known as ZdK) “comes despite a warning from Pope Francis to the German bishops that they must remain in...