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Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the death of Pope Francis , the ranks of armchair Vatican experts have swelled thanks to Hollywood.

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still rejected same-sex marriage and condemned any sexual relations between gay or lesbian partners as 鈥渋ntrinsically disordered.

VATICAN CITY (AP) 鈥� In the streets around the Vatican, where Pope Francis used to make impromptu outings, some of the shopkeepers are mourning the man they knew, not as the leader of a church or head of state, but as an ordinary person.

JERUSALEM (AP) 鈥� Hours after Pope Francis鈥� death was announced, Israel's Foreign Ministry posted a short message on X: 鈥淩est in peace, Pope Francis. May his memory be a blessing." Several hours later, it was deleted without explanation.

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OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) 鈥� The Polish and Israeli presidents joined thousands of Israeli youth and others in an annual march Thursday at the former Auschwitz death camp on Israel鈥檚 Holocaust Remembrance Day.

After the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, ignited the devastating war in Gaza, a deadly new reality also took hold for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) 鈥� Central African Republic鈥檚 capital had been torn apart by inter-religious violence leading up to Pope Francis鈥� 2015 visit , its streets haunted by fear and division.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) 鈥� Legendary attorney Fred Gray 鈥� once deemed the 鈥渃hief counsel鈥� of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 鈥� was honored with a statue outside the Alabama State Bar Association on Thursday.

AMSTERDAM (AP) 鈥� The mayor of Amsterdam apologized Thursday for the role the Dutch capital played in the persecution of its Jewish citizens during World War II, saying the government at the time 鈥渓et its Jewish residents down terribly.