So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all ...

The ceremony, which was scheduled for next Sunday (27), has been postponed with no new date confirmed O post Canonization of ...

The basilica was bathed in a hushed silence as mourners from across the globe made a slow, shuffling procession up the main ...

Vatican City thrums with activity in the wake of Pope Francis’ death, who passed away Monday at age 88 from heart failure ...

Remember your servant Pope Francis whom you have called from this world to yourself. Grant that he who was united with your ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

During the time I covered religion for The Journal News/lohud, a highlight was covering John Paul II's funeral from the roof ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

Pope Francis’ great contribution was to present the Catholic Church as a lover of all people. He called it “a field hospital after battle,” a refuge and place of repair. It must “go to the peripheries ...

Pope Francis regularly used his position to push for action on climate change, notably in two papal documents that wove ...

POPE Francis, who died on Easter Monday, will be finally laid to rest at the Basilica of Sta. Maria Maggiore in Rome on ...