Americans on the left and right are the most polarized they have been in the last 30 years. But nature, clean air and clean ...

In his brief final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major and said he had offered ...

What a humbling feeling it was to have the leader of the Roman Catholic Church ask you to pray for him. While it shocked us in the moment, perhaps it should not have. Pope Francis lived a life rooted ...

The Vatican said that Francis’ body will likely be transferred to St. Peter’s Basilica for worshippers to pay their respects.

Worshippers sang and prayed Monday evening at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Greensboro, praying for the repose of Pope ...

A nine-day prayer guide was created by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to honor the late Vatican. In the Novendiales prayer mourning period it consists of a daily short reading from ...

The first Latin American pope, known for speaking out against social injustice, leaves behind a complicated legacy.

Pope Francis passed away at 7:35 a.m. local time on Easter Monday, April 21, at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa ...

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after ...

We must look for him without ceasing,” the pope’s prepared text emphasized. “Because if he has risen from the dead, then he ...

Aid groups say thousands of children have become malnourished, and most people are barely eating one meal a day as stocks dwindle, according to the United Nations.

Holy Saturday falls between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, marking the solemn time when Jesus was in the tomb after his ...