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

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Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

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 Vatican has ended the three-day public viewing of Pope Francis in Rome, with an estimated 250,000 people visiting St.

When Pope John Paul II died in 2005, his funeral was rocked by chants of “Santo Subito!” or “Saint Right Away!” — and it still took nine years, and Francis’s election, before the ...

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 ...

Image Courtesy of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception By Zachary Lichter As Catholics around the world celebrated Easter with joy and happiness, things took an emotional ...

“Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our ... In choosing bishops for America, he did not follow the pattern of Pope John Paul II. “Francis’ top priority is ‘Is he pastoral?

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

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 ...