The deceased pope will be dressed in his simple white cassock and red vestments, then placed in a simple wooden coffin. This ...

Montana's Catholic schools are coming together to honor Pope Francis with special masses and lessons reflecting on his legacy ...

Peruvian nun Alba Socola waited in line for almost five hours with thousands of other Catholics on Wednesday to enter St. Peter’s Basilica and give her final farewell to the late ...

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

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

Father John Predmore, of Boston College High School, said he stopped perhaps a thousand times to bless people along the route ...

At the end of a pope's reign, a secret vote takes place at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rome. Here is the election ...

Ruth-Ellen St. Onge was checking books for an upcoming exhibit at McMaster University Libraries' archives that will showcase a variety of texts published by the Plantin Press, when she came across a ...

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The Vatican is opening the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines. The ...

Antisemitism in predominantly Catholic Ireland has reached "medieval" levels, according to a study conducted in December 2024. Based on interviews with 1,014 Irish Christians, the study suggests that ...

Schwartz federal building for a prayer vigil. The Catholic Diocese of San Diego held a similar event in February that drew over a thousand participants. “We had tapped into something for people ...