His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was accorded a position of special honor at Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome on April 26, 2025, seated next to the high altar in recognition of his role ...

Saturday’s majestic open-air funeral for Pope Francis is now followed by election of the next pope by the College of Cardinals in a process shrouded in secrecy. Indeed, the Latin root for “conclave” ...

Photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

In the coming days, cardinals will converge in the Vatican to choose the next head of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis, who ...

On a glorious Roman spring day, Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs, Lutherans, Anglicans and many expressions of the Orthodox Christian Church came together with 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs to ...

Pope Francis' death set off a series of traditions that culminates in a vote for his successor. Here are some of the possible ...

The body of a saint who died in Seattle is said to have been "incorrupt," having not decomposed in 27 years. How is this ...

What Pope Francis is remembered for, his attitude toward Russian aggression against Ukraine, expectations from his successor, ...

That simple but so important Sign of the Cross we see so often holds a hidden history that takes us back to the origins of ...

In a 2024 meeting with Syro-Malabar Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Pope Francis summed up his view ...

The funeral of Pope Francis today is expected to be simpler than those of other popes before him, going by the instructions ...