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Miles de fieles participaron en un rezo del Rosario en la Plaza de San Pedro en memoria de Francisco

Por segundo día consecutivo, miles de fieles se congregaron este martes en la Plaza de San Pedro para rezar por el eterno descanso del papa Francisco, fallecido el lunes. La ceremonia, que comenzó a las 19:30, fue presidida por el cardenal italiano Giovanni Battista Re, decano del Colegio Cardenalicio.
En un acto marcado por la emoción y el recogimiento, el cardenal recordó las palabras que tantas veces pronunció el Papa: “No se olviden de rezar por mí”. Con esa evocación, Re introdujo el Santo Rosario por el alma del pontífice, fallecido a los 88 años a causa de un derrame cerebral en su residencia de Casa Santa Marta.

Durante su intervención, el cardenal de 91 años subrayó la esperanza cristiana en la resurrección. “Sabemos que la muerte no es una puerta que se cierra, sino la entrada en la Jerusalén celestial”, dijo. E invitó a los presentes a “dar gracias al Señor por los dones concedidos a toda la Iglesia a través del ministerio apostólico del papa Francisco, peregrino de esperanza que no defrauda”.
Frente a la imagen de María Mater Ecclesiae, adornada con flores blancas y rosas, se encomendó al Pontífice a la intercesión de la Virgen. “Unido a tantos hermanos y hermanas esparcidos por el mundo”, dijo Re, “formamos todo el rebaño de Cristo, el buen Pastor, que reza por el Papa Francisco contemplando los misterios gloriosos de nuestro Salvador”.

A la oración asistieron peregrinos de diversas partes del mundo, muchos de ellos con ejemplares de la edición extraordinaria de L’Osservatore Romano, publicada el 21 de abril y dedicada al fallecimiento del Pontífice. La tarde, de clima cálido y tranquilo, estuvo marcada por un silencio solemne, solo interrumpido por el rezo del Rosario y el canto final de la Salve Regina.
Las cuentas de los rosarios se agitaban suavemente por la brisa vespertina, al tiempo que las antorchas encendidas creaban una atmósfera de recogimiento. La ceremonia culminó con aplausos tras la bendición final del Cardenal Re.

Horas antes, se celebró en el Vaticano la primera Congregación General del Colegio Cardenalicio, con la participación de unos sesenta cardenales. En esta reunión, los purpurados juraron respetar el orden canónico y comenzaron a planificar los pasos inmediatos tras la muerte del Papa: el funeral, el entierro y la organización del futuro cónclave que elegirá a su sucesor.
El funeral se celebrará el próximo sábado 26 de abril a las 10:00, en la misma Plaza de San Pedro, y será presidido por el Cardenal Re. El velatorio comenzará el miércoles en la Basílica de San Pedro, tras un breve periodo de capilla ardiente en privado en Santa Marta, reservado a los residentes del Vaticano y la Casa Pontificia.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, primer pontífice latinoamericano y el 266.º sucesor de Pedro, asumió el pontificado en marzo de 2013. Su estilo pastoral, marcado por la sencillez, la cercanía a los más pobres y una fuerte crítica al individualismo económico, transformó la imagen de la Iglesia en el siglo XXI. Durante su ministerio, defendió una “Iglesia en salida”, comprometida con las periferias sociales y espirituales.
Pese a las divisiones internas que generó en algunos sectores del Vaticano, el papa Francisco mantuvo firme su liderazgo, convocando sínodos, reformando la curia y enfrentando los desafíos de una Iglesia global en tiempos de crisis. Su última aparición pública fue el domingo de Pascua, cuando impartió la bendición desde el balcón central de la Basílica y recorrió la plaza en el papamóvil.
Mientras el mundo rinde homenaje al Papa fallecido, el Vaticano se prepara para la elección de un nuevo líder espiritual. Las próximas sesiones del Colegio Cardenalicio establecerán la fecha del cónclave, el cual deberá celebrarse en la Capilla Sixtina con la participación de los cardenales electores menores de 80 años.
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WATCH: Lawmakers break down how billions in the ‘big, beautiful bill’ boost Trump’s immigration crackdown

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President Donald Trump’s «big, beautiful bill» was signed into law earlier this month, with Republican lawmakers celebrating a broad range of GOP victories in the massive tax-and-spending legislation.
That includes billions of dollars aimed at Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration in the U.S. Nearly $30 billion is marked for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) alone, and $45 billion is going toward building up detention facility capacity.
House Republicans who spoke with Fox News Digital last week hailed that funding boost, even as critics of the Trump administration accuse the White House of taking too heavy a hand on the issue.
«Having that money to now be able to work on the wall along the southern border, to be able to hire more agents, to pay them more, to invest in the technology, to patrol and secure the border – it is hugely important,» Rep. David Kustoff, R-Tenn., told Fox News Digital. «If you ask President Trump, that was the most important issue of the 2024 election.»
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President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda got a huge boost in the «big, beautiful bill.» (Win McNamee/Getty Images and ICE)
Rep. Michael Guest, R-Tenn., who chairs the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement on the House Homeland Security Committee, said the detention facility funding is particularly significant.
Guest urged ICE to use those funds to ramp up «targeted» enforcement against illegal immigrants.
It comes as many on the left and some on the right have urged the Trump administration not to go too far in rounding up suspected illegal immigrants who otherwise pose no known threat to the public.
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Rep. Michael Guest urged the funding be used for «targeted» enforcement. (Getty Images)
«I think targeted enforcement, making sure that they’re going after the worst of the worst – those individuals who have either committed crimes in the United States or we learn after they released into the interior that they had committed crimes in their country origin, [or] those people who have final orders of removal,» Guest said.
«Those are the people that I believe that ICE needs to be targeting. Those are the people where you see widespread support from the American public that they want to get off the street.»
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., pointed out that ICE had been asking for that funding for some time.
«Tom Homan has done a tremendous job. He’s indicated for a while he needs more money to keep doing his job. And he’s being fought by everybody, particularly the sanctuary cities, to prevent that from happening,» Norman said. «The least we can do is provide the funding, and we did it.»
And Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., said he hoped the increased border and immigration crackdown would help fight the ongoing drug crisis still plaguing the U.S.

Rep. Ralph Norman said border czar Tom Homan has «done a tremendous job.» (Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
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«So in order to have a secured border, in order get rid of these criminal, illegal aliens that are raping and murdering American citizens on the regular, we have to have a very strong immigration enforcement system,» Van Orden said.
Reps. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, and Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., highlighted the funding for Trump’s border wall and for more ICE personnel, respectively.
The bill passed the House earlier this month and was signed into law by Trump on the Fourth of July.
In addition to funding immigration operations, it also extends key parts of Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), rolls back some Biden administration-era green energy subsidies, and imposes new work requirements for federal aid.
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Ukraine sees sweeping protests over bill weakening anti-corruption agencies

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Ukrainians are taking to the streets after the passage of a controversial bill threatening the autonomy of two anti-corruption agencies.
The legislation gives the general prosecutor — who is appointed by the president — increased authority over the country’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now facing the largest protests since Russia’s 2022 invasion. Demonstrators gathered outside the presidential administration in Kyiv, while other protests took place in smaller cities across the country.
Ukrainians protest in the first wartime rally against a newly passed law, which curbs independence of anti-corruption institutions, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in central Lviv, Ukraine, on July 22, 2025. (REUTERS/Roman Baluk)
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«I gathered all heads of Ukraine’s law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies, along with the Prosecutor General. It was a much-needed meeting — a frank and constructive conversation that truly helps,» Zelenskyy wrote on X. «We all share a common enemy: the Russian occupiers. And defending the Ukrainian state requires a strong enough law enforcement and anti-corruption system — one that ensures a real sense of justice.»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not pictured) hold a joint press conference during the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 (URC2025) at Roma Convention Center La Nuvola, on July 10, 2025, in Rome, Italy. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)
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«In effect, if this bill becomes law, the head of SAPO will become a nominal figure, while NABU will lose its independence and turn into a subdivision of the prosecutor general’s office,» the agencies said in a joint statement on Telegram, according to the Associated Press.
European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos expressed concern over the vote, saying «the dismantling of key safeguards protecting NABU’s independence is a serious step back.»
Zelenskyy said in another X post, following a meeting that included NABU Director Semen Kryvonos, SAPO Prosecutor Oleksandr Klymenko, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, and Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Maliuk, that «anti-corruption infrastructure» needs to be «cleared» of «Russian influence.»

Protesters hold placards during a rally against a law that restricts independence of anti‑corruption institutions on July 22, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ivan Antypenko/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC «UA:PBC»/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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The Ukrainian government’s latest move risks endangering its bid to join the European Union, as a crackdown on internal corruption is a requirement. Additionally, it could strain the warming relationship between Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump, who has accused the Ukrainian leader of being a «dictator without elections.»
Both the U.S. and the E.U. have backed activists in Ukraine demanding independent institutions be established and empowered to clean up corruption, according to Axios. However, the pressure dropped significantly after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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