The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

His funeral is being held on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square. Francis will then be buried, according to his will: in a simple ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Artists from more than two dozen countries portrayed works of faith at the Church’s 13th International Art Competition.

The Vatican has released the order of service ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in St Peter's Square. The ...

Seven seminarians are scheduled to be ordained deacons by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge April 26. They will be assigned to ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

The Latin phrase ars bene moriendi, “the art of dying well,” might sound strange to modern ears. But in the Christian tradition, it has long served as a powerful invitation ...

Understanding how Divine Mercy fulfills, rather than replaces, the Sacred Heart message.

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

His public persona may have been the humble and patient father figure, but Francis spent his 12 years as pope reorganizing the Vatican bureaucracy — the Roman curia — with more than a touch of ...