Americans, who witnessed Pope Francis' funeral liturgy in person or broadcast live, united their prayers with the universal ...

More than 160 nations sent delegations headed by kings and queens, presidents and prime ministers, and other government ...

Here is the English translation of the homily given in Italian by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After an estimated 250,000 people had passed by the body of Pope Francis, lying in an open casket in ...

According to the Vatican and Italian police, some 150,000 people watched Pope Francis' casket pass by after the funeral Mass en route to St. Mary Major in Rome.

The late pontiff envisioned both matrimony and the family, as the domestic or household church, being a lifelong journey of faith. (OSV News) — From the moment of his election, Pope Francis made clear ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a one-on-one meeting at the Vatican April 26 ahead of Pope Francis' funeral Mass.

Pope Francis was "a pope among the people, with an open heart toward everyone," said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals.

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and the place Pope ...

ROME (CNS) -- "The Virgin Mary told me, 'Prepare the tomb.'" That is what Pope Francis said Mary told him when he was ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21 at age 88. Elected in 2013, he first greeted the world from St. Peter's Basilica as a bishop of Rome walking with his people. The cause of death ...

New York's Catholic bishops are urging Catholics to oppose proposed legislation that would legalize assisted suicide for those diagnosed with terminal illness.