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Opinion

NCR Voices

'Be Not Afraid' should be the next pope's motto

By Daniel P. Horan
Guest Voices

Before the conclave, cardinals will talk and politick

By Thomas Reese, Religion News Service
Guest Voices

Pope Francis let young people lead — and amazing things happened

By Nicole M. Perone
NCR Voices

Cardinals ask the perennial question: What does the church need?

By Michael Sean Winters

How Gen Z is meme-ifying the conclave

By Olivia Bardo

The conclave cliché that is wrong. What history tells us about conclaves

By Michael Sean Winters

Cardinal electors prepare to fill the big shoes of Pope Francis

By Michael Sean Winters

Francis was the most radical peacemaking pope in history

By John Dear

Editorial: This is the deciding factor in picking the next pope

By NCR Editorial Staff

Peaceful hope descends on St. Peter's Square

By Olivia Bardo
Guest Voices

3 major contributions stand out in Pope Francis' legacy to global Catholic Church

By Massimo Faggioli

Criticisms hurled at Francis revealed something that resists call of the Gospel

By Michael Sean Winters
NCR Voices

The 1st all-in social media pope: How an octogenarian dragged the church into digital age

By John Grosso
Guest Voices

Politics aside for one day, world leaders to gather at Vatican and mourn Pope Francis

By Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service
Guest Voices

Will a new pope make any difference for women?

By Phyllis Zagano, Religion News Service

How did Pope Francis treat trans people? He gave us presence, warmth, love

By Maxwell Kuzma

The Francis Effect podcast: The death, impact and legacy of Pope Francis

By Heidi Schlumpf, Daniel P. Horan, David Dault

Fr. Thomas Reese: I loved and supported Pope Francis, though he was not perfect.

By Thomas Reese, Religion News Service
Letters to the Editor

Your letters: What Pope Francis meant to us

By NCR Staff
NCR Voices

Pope Francis: Similarities and differences with his predecessors

By Michael Sean Winters

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