Pope Francis ' funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...

Gabriela and Beytullah Colak and their sons, Santiago and Benjamin, spent some quality time last summer in Rome with Pope Francis, who died early Monday. Gabriela Colak, who is religious education ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

Christians from around the world prayed for Pope Francis at a solemn Mass on Wednesday at Jerusalem's centuries-old Church of ...

The death of a pope, and the election of a new pontiff, is adorned with high ritual and elaborate ceremony. For more about how the Catholic Church will celebrate and mourn Pope Francis, and what comes ...

The pews of the St. Catherine Church in Bethlehem were full and it was standing room only, as parishioners dressed in colorful Easter finery filled in for the Easter ...

Photos: Christians at church services around the Lehigh Valley, including St. Anne Roman Catholic Church in Bethlehem, marked ...

In his Easter Sunday homily, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa emphasized that Christ's ...

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...

Francis had led the Roman Catholic church since Benedict XVI resigned in 2013. Born in Argentina, he is the first pope from ...