Thousands of people had made an early morning pilgrimage to St. Peter's Square April 23 to witness the transfer and pray for ...

U.S. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, “camerlengo” or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, stands before the body of Pope Francis in ...

The body of Pope Francis was moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public mourning for an ...

As the Catholic Church marks the end of Pope Francis’ papacy and prepares for the conclave, a canon lawyer urged the Filipino ...

Each year Pope Francis shared monthly prayer themes. His prayer for April 2025 was particularly pointed for the modern world: “Let us pray that the use of the new technologies will not replace human ...

Father Emil Parafiniuk, the pastor of Holy Spirit Catholic Community, received a flower arrangement from the local Church of ...

Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, "will long be remembered for his outreach to those on the margins of the Church and of society," Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday aged 88 following a stroke that led to a coma and heart failure, the Vatican said ...

Elected in March 2013 as an outsider who could reform the Roman Curia, meaning the central government of the Church, but who ...