In an era when technology, commerce, and politics all seem to be optimized toward exploitation, Pope Francis reminded us that ...

Ireland has been blessed to host two papal visits in the last 50 years. The visits bookended a period in a country that had undergone significant change in its Catholic faith. Comparing Pope Francis’ ...

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

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 ...

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

For bishops and archbishops, the liturgical clothes for a funeral include the alb, a white tunic held by a traditional cord ...

Two of the five popes before Francis have become saints, but merely serving as pontiff is no longer a guarantee of ...

Traditionally, di remains of di Pope go don dey enclosed a day before di funeral inside three nested coffins, made of cypress ...

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

On Friday night the Pope’s coffin was sealed in a private Vatican ceremony after 250,000 visited his body lying in state at ...

Dozens of heads of state will be attending funeral services for Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, at St. Peter’s Square today. Follow here for the latest.

As the first Latin American pontiff, the legacy of Pope Francis in the region is complex, according to analysts consulted by ...