Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch. Some of the most iconic moments of his papacy were those when he ...

Pope Francis' funeral rites, like those for any pope or any Christian, are meant to "reinforce the hope and witness to the faith" that those who have been baptized in Christ "will rise with him to new ...

When the film Conclave was released in November last year, it felt spookily well-timed. The film, directed by Edward Berger, ...

Conclaves are usually short, such as the three-ballot election that chose Pope Pius XII in 1939. On a few occasions, ...

The first Latin American-born pope died at the age of 88 in the Vatican on Easter Monday after returning from an extended ...

With profound sorrow and deep reverence, we announce that our beloved Holy Father, Pope Francis, was called to the eternal ...

Delaney asked to borrow my “The Old Man and the Sea,” which was required reading in one of her collegiate courses. I ...

We will continue to bring you the latest updates from the Vatican as tributes pour in from across the world. After the death ...

An online Book of Condolences has been set up for people across Northern Ireland to record their sympathy following the death ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

T his is not a great time to be a woman. Plus ça change, as my French sister-in-law might say. Fair point. Yet the evidence ...

Closing arguments are scheduled Monday afternoon at the Arizona trial for Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho woman with doomsday ...