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Pope Francis presides over a Rosary prayer for peace on Oct. 6, 2024, in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The prayer ...
Asked about what the Catholic Church needs in the wake of Francis’ death, Archbishop Pierre said it 'needs first and foremost ...
Hundreds of thousands of people were at the Vatican for Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday, including Boston Archbishop Richard Henning and Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Ed Markey.
Pope Francis' funeral Mass was held in St. Peter's Square April 26, followed by burial at Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major.
Pope Francis was “a pope among the people, with an open heart toward everyone,” said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of ...
The body of Pope Francis was moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public mourning for an ...
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.
Bishop Timothy L. Doherty of the Lafayette Diocese urged for thoughtful remembrance of Pope Francis's life and legacy.
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died at 88. He had recently survived a bout ...
During the Chrism Mass on April 14, 2025 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy (at center ...
On Saturday, the eve of Holy Week, Francis went to the St. Mary Major Basilica in central Rome to pray privately before a favorite icon of the Virgin Mary, Salus Populi Romani. The basilica ...
Holy Week immerses us into the sacred pattern of reality itself. It mirrors our life: a journey marked by love, loss, waiting, surrender and — by grace — resurrection. And what carries us through this ...