Pope Francis, who died on Monday, revised various rites last year, simplifying the funeral rituals to emphasize his role as a ...

Youngstown Diocese Catholics are mourning the death of the pope. "May Pope Francis see the face of God today," Bishop David ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins.

Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on ...

Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. “At 7:35 this morning, the ...

Pope Francis will long be remembered for his outreach to those on the margins of the Church and of society,’ said Archbishop ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pontiff, has died, the Vatican announced today. He was 88. Francis had served as pope for 12 eventful years, after being elected on March 13, ...