More than 160 nations sent delegations headed by kings and queens, presidents and prime ministers, and other government ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a one-on-one meeting at the Vatican April 26 ahead of Pope Francis' funeral Mass.

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

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

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

Pope Francis was "a pope among the people, with an open heart toward everyone," said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals.

New York's Catholic bishops are urging Catholics to oppose proposed legislation that would legalize assisted suicide for those diagnosed with terminal illness.

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and the place Pope ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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