From war-torn Gaza to the occupied West Bank, we are grateful for what he did on earth to champion the oppressed ...

Catholic Church lay leaders from Templeboy parish in the Diocese of Killala, from left: Noeleen O'Connell, Rory O'Beirne and ...

Only countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan share the requirement of Irish primary schools for teachers to have ...

Bishop William Koenig of the Diocese of Wilmington remembered Pope Francis' call for hope and his dedication to the poor and ...

It's no longer news that the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, passed away on Easter ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, at the age of 88. He had been hospitalized February 14, following a battle with ...

The story passed among congregation members today is that there was a horse race to Yankton with the first one there able to ...

Irish-born American Cardinal Kevin Farrell is the Camerlengo, meaning he is interim chief of the Catholic Church. What ...

If a two-thirds majority has been reached, the master of liturgical ceremonies enters the Sistine Chapel. After each round of ...

Sky News looks at what will be happening in the Holy See in the immediate hours after the death of the Pope, as well as in ...

Traditionally, after a pope dies, the carmelango, who is the pope’s chief of staff, calls out the pontiff’s baptismal name ...

The death of the pope triggers a series of of events that have been enshrined in the traditions of the Catholic Church for ...