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“Francis Is in Heaven” — Did Pope Leo Just Break Church Law?

Pope Leo XIV just said Pope Francis has “entered heaven.” Not “may he rest in peace.” Not “pray for his soul.” A declaration of sainthood—without a canonization, without a cause, without the centuries-old process the Church has always required. The hosts of Faith and Reason examine a statement that departs from Catholic tradition in ways most Catholics have missed. The Church prays for the dead. She does not presume their salvation, much less their sainthood. But Leo’s language suggests something else: a papacy already treating Francis as a saint, a mentor whose influence did not end with his death. The […]
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