"They were circumstances which inspire," the archbishop said. "Which point to profound truths about human life and which call ...

Americans, who witnessed Pope Francis' funeral liturgy in person or broadcast live, united their prayers with the universal ...

More than 250,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square and the neighboring streets to attend funeral Mass for Pope Francis ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, celebrated the second Memorial Mass for Pope Francis on Divine Mercy Sunday.

According to the Vatican and Italian police, some 150,000 people watched Pope Francis' casket pass by after the funeral Mass ...

More than 160 nations sent delegations headed by kings and queens, presidents and prime ministers, and other government ...

Pope Francis was "a pope among the people, with an open heart toward everyone," said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals.

ROME (CNS) -- "The Virgin Mary told me, 'Prepare the tomb.'" That is what Pope Francis said Mary told him when he was ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After an estimated 250,000 people had passed by the body of Pope Francis, lying in an open casket in ...

We are nearing the end of President Trump's second "First 100 Days," and the elation it brought to some and the defeatism and ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and the place Pope ...

The news of Pope Francis' passing on Easter Monday April 21 has sent ripples of grief and gratitude throughout the world, ...