The choice of the basilica was also symbolically significant given its ties to Francis’ Jesuit religious order. St. Ignatius Loyola, who founded the Jesuits, celebrated his first Mass in the basilica ...

On Saturday at 5:15 p.m., Holy Name Cathedral will host a Mass to commemorate the life of Pope Francis. We also expect parishioners to come and pay their respects as their 9 a.m. Saturday Mass gets ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral Mass in Vatican City, where mourners joined in a ...

The night before Pope Francis was laid to rest halfway around the world, Catholics gathered in Stoughton for a special mass.

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his "humble, simple and essential" life.

COMMENTARY: The mercy of God is invoked at any Catholic funeral, and Divine Mercy has been a mainstay of papal life for 25 ...

Pope Francis died Monday; here are the front runners for the Vatican leadership, and what they've said about Jews, Israel and ...

For many of us who slipped away from the Church, Pope Francis represented the kindness we were always looking for and still strive to embody.

With the death of Pope Francis weighing heavily on the hearts of more than a billion Catholics worldwide, local parishioners ...

As Pope Francis is remembered for his outreach to communities far beyond the Vatican, his relationship with the Holy Family ...