VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After an estimated 250,000 people had passed by the body of Pope Francis, lying in an open casket in ...

The poor will be present on the footsteps of the Basilica of St. Mary Major where Francis will be buried April 26 following ...

We are nearing the end of President Trump's second "First 100 Days," and the elation it brought to some and the defeatism and ...

ROME (CNS) -- "The Virgin Mary told me, 'Prepare the tomb.'" That is what Pope Francis said Mary told him when he was discerning whether to be buried in the historic Marian church where his body will ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21 at age 88. Elected in 2013, he first greeted the world from St. Peter's Basilica as a bishop of Rome walking with his people. The cause of death ...

Pope Francis visited 10 countries during his five apostolic trips to Africa, and was "a profound source of inspiration" to ...

A Benedictine abbot and a Capuchin cardinal will offer spiritual meditations on the needs of the Catholic Church to the ...

Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk called on the international community to act after Russia's Bright Thursday ...

World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, Pope Francis stopped to kiss a baby girl named Gianna, and her family's life was ...

"We are not yet speaking about the conclave or the succession; we are still speaking about Pope Francis, we are still crying ...

"It is a moment during which we need to be united in prayer," said Cardinal Pizzaballa. "Your prayers, all together, will ...

Amid papal mourning, an annual celebration of the Divine Mercy reminds the faithful that Easter joy triumphs over tears, with ...