The Colaks were in Italy to visit Gabriela’s sister when her husband reached out to the pope’s staff to ask about leaving him a present at the Vatican. The next day, they received an ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

The annual event is a tradition that has been taking place for more than 30 years at Holy Infancy Roman Catholic Church.

Christians from around the world prayed for Pope Francis at a solemn Mass on Wednesday at Jerusalem's centuries-old Church of ...

The death of a pope, and the election of a new pontiff, is adorned with high ritual and elaborate ceremony. For more about how the Catholic Church will celebrate and mourn Pope Francis, and what comes ...

Photos: Christians at church services around the Lehigh Valley, including St. Anne Roman Catholic Church in Bethlehem, marked ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis frequently called with the only Catholic church in Gaza to see how people ...

Tributes to Pope Francis are pouring in from around the world. The Vatican announced the pontiff’s death on Monday at age 88.

His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...