Sitting on the sidewalk near St. Peter’s Basilica ... and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. Saturday’s funeral will kick off the traditional Novendiales, nine consecutive days of ...

Pope Francis, known for his humility, chose to wear simple black shoes instead of the traditional ... church — the nuns and sisters who have given their lives to help others. He didn't speak for me.

The head of the Catholic Church in England and ... instead of the traditional three coffins which are usually used for pontiffs. Born in Crosby near Liverpool, Cardinal Vincent Nichols hoped ...

A few months after becoming pope, Francis went to a small Italian island near ... to traditional doctrine led one Vatican reporter to note that he's changed the tune of the Church, but the lyrics ...

More people are finding faith outside church, according to a new study. Researchers say a "remarkable" transformation is ...

About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...

Francis explained that he decided to restrict the Latin Mass because he was concerned its use was leading to division in the Church. Francis said he felt the more ancient mass was "being used in ...

"A new parish church, on or near the site of the medieval precursor, was constructed in the mid-18th century. The latter survived until the early 1960s when it was demolished to make way for the ...

Individual bishops in Eastern Europe, Latin America and elsewhere also voiced opposition.The declaration restated traditional church teaching that marriage is a lifelong union between a man and woman.

I hadn’t set foot inside a church for anything other than weddings, funerals, or christenings in years. Yet the loss of this particular Pope struck me in a way I couldn’t ignore. In that ...