St. John Paul II called Faustina’s canonization and Divine Mercy Sunday the happiest day of his life — a summit moment of his ...

Kenyan Cardinal John Njue has announced that he will not participate in the upcoming papal conclave to elect the successor to ...

Not every pope is canonized as a saint, and today it's more challenging than ever. Here's why sainthood is not guaranteed, ...

The exhibit, entitled “‘The Happiest Day of My Life’: Divine Mercy with Saint John Paul II and Saint Faustina,” expresses the ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

A selection by Reuters editors of some of the photos from Pope Francis' funeral with comments by photographers ...

During his papacy, John Paul II preached service, the responsibility for peace and the protection of life. In 1981, a lone gunman, Mehmet Ali Ağca, attempted to assassinate the pope in St. Peter ...

A general view of St Peter’s Square during Pope John Paul II’s funeral on 8 April 2005 in Vatican City. (Photo by Franco Origlia / Getty Images) When John Paul II died, it was experienced by ...

The late Pope Francis continued his legacy as an open-armed trailblazer by opening the sacred portal of the Vatican and dying ...

sitting on a portable throne as he leaves St. Peter’s Basilica in 1962.Credit...Associated Press The most recent pope to be canonized was Paul VI in 2018. Four years earlier, John XXIII and John ...

Jim and Jeanne Mulligan headed to the Cathedral of St. Paul on Monday morning after they heard the news that Pope Francis had ...