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What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

Casada: I am shocked and amazed at the sudden change in American values displayed since the new administration has taken ...

In a culture marked by growing uncertainty and fear about the future, Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Dallas, ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Argentina, was the first non-European pope after 13 ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

Francis choreographed the funeral himself when he revised and simplified the Vatican’s rites and rituals last year.

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...

Wyoming Catholics are reacting to the death of Pope Francis with sorrow and hope. Even a self-described Casper “cafeteria ...