{"id":70533,"date":"2026-04-22T08:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=70533"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:55:07","slug":"everythings-coming-up-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/everythings-coming-up-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything\u2019s Coming Up Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staff, April 22, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday, April 21st, was the 1-year anniversary of the passing of Pope Francis, and the world is honoring him in a rich and wide variety of ways. Below are just a few:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Up first, the Vatican has just released a new documentary on Francis called \u201c<strong>Todos, todos, todos!<\/strong>\u201d This 27-minute documentary is dedicated to the highlights of the late pontiff\u2019s life and legacy. 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Francis said it is \u201can extraordinarily poetic and deeply transformative project, because it reaches the very root of human life: our sociability, our conflicts, and the very essence of life\u2019s journey.\u201d Keep an eye on <em><strong>Scholas Occurrentes<\/strong><\/em> for details on how to watch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the first anniversary of Pope Francis&#8217; death, <strong>Pope Leo XIV<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pope-leo-xiv-francis-rome-vatican-africa-19148488ef19588dbacf666eb4c71b7c?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">paid tribute to his predecessor<\/a> while aboard the papal plane traveling from Angola to Equatorial Guinea, praising Francis&#8217; commitment to the poor and his preaching on God&#8217;s mercy. \u201cSo many times what he did was live truly being close to the poorest, the smallest, the sick, children, the elderly,\u201d he said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Masses in memory of Francis were held across the world, including his favored Roman sanctuary, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basilicasantamariamaggiore.va\/en\/eventi-e-novita\/2026\/i-anniversario-della-morte-di-papa-francesco.html?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\"><strong>Basilica of Saint Mary Major<\/strong><\/a>, as well as at the <strong>Altar of the Chair<\/strong>&nbsp;in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basilicasanpietro.va\/en\/news\/holy-mass-on-the-first-anniversary-of-the-death-of-pope-francis?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">St. Peter\u2019s Basilica<\/a>, and of course in Argentina, at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/episcopado.org\/ver\/4826?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">Sanctuary of Our Lady of Luj\u00e1n<\/a><\/strong>, where Francis made many pilgrimages from Buenos Aires.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us pray for Pope Francis, as <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pope-leo-xiv-francis-rome-vatican-africa-19148488ef19588dbacf666eb4c71b7c?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">Pope Leo requested<\/a>, that \u201che is still enjoying the mercy of the Lord.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STAFF \u2014 A flurry of activity and honoring of our late Pope a year after his passing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":70535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3116],"tags":[4542,4541,3021,4029],"class_list":["post-70533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-new-ws","tag-aldeas","tag-martin-scorsese","tag-pope-francis","tag-pope-leo-xiv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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