Easter, recently passed, is not a holiday I have ever celebrated in any way beyond the long-ago dyeing of eggs and covert ...

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

Pope Francis was a product and continuation of the Second Vatican movement. His election was somehow prophetic.

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Andres Brito appeared solemn Monday after paying his respects to Pope Francis at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, where the entrance was draped in black fabric as a sign of mourning ...

FILE – U.S. Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell presides over a vigil service over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who ... It bears this name because Jesus told St. Peter, the first pope ...

Perhaps he was the only Pope bold enough to confess his sins and reveal his completely human moments and weaknesses, as ...

Maryland faithful are mourning Pope Francis upon his death Monday at age 88."Whenever I was in his presence, he was a very ...

Rome is always teeming, and Easter usually kicks off the long tourist season. Up to 250,000 are expected to attend the Pope's ...

Colorado Springs resident Leah Aguirre said she couldn’t believe that Pope Francis, 88, returned to publicly greeting people ...

Here’s a (non-exhaustive) look at what “Conclave” gets wrong — and gets right — about the process of electing a new pope: ...