As much of the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis, who died Monday morning at 88, the loss cuts especially deep in heavily Catholic Baton Rouge. Reflecting on his 12 years as pontiff, locals ...

He emerged on Easter Sunday — his last public appearance, a day before his death — to bless thousands of people in St.

Worldwide, tributes to Francis poured in on Monday after his death was announced. President Donald Trump posted on Truth ...

As the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis, theologians, historians, and millions of the faithful are taking time to reflect on the legacy of a ...

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and was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from Missouri Western State University. A long, successful professional career included her ...

Vance, visiting Italy with his family over the Easter weekend, joined a ceremony in St ... the Church's most senior official after the pope. Francis is not expected to take part. Catholic ...

“I became interested in the Bible, the Church, and the Christian faith,” he said. Salesian Father Paul Leung, the parish priest of St. Peter ... that the Catholic faith provided new meaning and life ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over the Easter vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica April 19 in place of Pope Francis ... JD Vance, a Catholic, before ...

ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (WAFB) - Just a 30-minute drive north of Baton Rouge lies the city of St. Francisville—a place that is growing in popularity while still keeping its small-town feel.

Pope Francis arrives at the end of the mass on Palm Sunday in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican ... to the rector of Gemelli’s affiliated Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Elena Beccalli ...

What the Catechism of the Catholic ... age to come. [St. Gregory the Great, Dial. 4, 39: PL 77, 396; cf. Mt 12:32-36.]" 1472. "To understand this doctrine and practice of the Church, it is ...