Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis. They have set Saturday as the date for his ...

Cardinals are meeting at the Vatican to make the first decisions about running the Catholic Church following the death of ...

Dozens of people gathered at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires to pray and pay homage to Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, revised various rites last year, simplifying the funeral rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican in keeping with ...

The death of Pope Francis now sets off a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals. Here's what to know.

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...

This year’s Lantern service aims to warn about the endangering of American democracy, societal model and ideals, said the Rev ...

The Bolsheviks pursued a clear ideological goal: to eradicate religion and install state atheism across the USSR. Bolshevik ...