The Catholic Church is currently undergoing a nine-day period of mourning and prayer for the late Pope Francis ... reforms brought about under Popes John XXIII and Paul VI; Benelli’s prominence ...

The essentials of this teaching are expressed in these words: "No reason, however grave, can make what is ... had been set up by his predecessor John XXIII and he made a few clarifications about ...

Pope Paul VI has however explicitly bypassed the recommendations of the Commission established by Pope John XXIII (cf ... to give our reply to these grave questions” (HV 6).

The measure comes as reports on Wednesday (Apr 23 ... St John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, who were placed upon an elevated platform. His funeral will be held Saturday at the Basilica of St Mary ...

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 ...

He has given a great witness of humility, of closeness to the people, of living out the Gospel values. He has left a great ...

The pope makes the final decision on canonization. Pope John XXIII, wearing the triple-crowned tiara of the papacy, sitting on a portable throne as he leaves St. Peter’s Basilica in 1962.Credit ...

Pope Paul VI died in 1978 at 80 years old. Pope John XXIII, born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was born into a family of 13 children in Sotto il Monte, Italy. In 1892, Roncalli entered the seminary.

Video shows Pope Francis’ tomb inside Rome’s St. Mary Major’s Basilica where he was laid to rest Roman Catholic faithful ...

Pope John Paul II installed Francis as Cardinal, then known as Jorge Bergoglio, in 2001. Then-Cardinal Bergoglio attended John Paul II’s funeral in 2005. John Paul II was well known for ...

the College of Cardinals elected the elderly Cardinal Giovanni Roncalli as Pope John XXIII (1958-1963). Many anticipated a caretaker papacy of minimal consequence. Instead, this supposedly ...

Gary Stern of The Journal News/lohud covered Pope John Paul II's funeral and witnessed the global impact of the event. There's a saying when a pope dies: "The pope is dead, long live the pope." ...