Pope Francis presides over a Rosary prayer for peace on Oct. 6, 2024, in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The prayer ...

For Cindy Connell Palmer, a trip to Italy turned into a moment of spiritual significance, one that became even more ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as he ...

Thousands of people had made an early morning pilgrimage to St. Peter's Square April 23 to witness the transfer and pray for ...

Pope Francis changed church policy on death penalty, nuclear weapons, advocated for migrants and sent a message of welcome to ...

In the midst of his highly anticipated 2015 U.S. tour, Pope Francis found himself shaking hands and mingling with the poor of ...

Pope Francis publicly acknowledged that this Lenten season is a time of healing for his soul and body. On Sunday, the Vatican released the text of Francis' prepared Sunday Angelus prayer.

urged Catholics Sunday to mark Lent as a “time of healing” as he missed his seventh Angelus prayer. The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church left Rome’s Gemelli hospital last Sunday after ...

Scholars marvel at Los Angeles' propensity to create new ways to connect God and self. It was fertile ground for Aimee Semple ...

Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21 at 88, leaves behind a legacy as vast and varied as his global influence. For many ...

Some of the defining images of the life of Pope Francis, the first Latin American and first Jesuit to serve as the Roman ...

For seven successive Sundays, Francis has published a written text to mark the midday Angelus prayer, which in normal times he delivers from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St Peter ...