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A lawsuit stemming from a book banning policy in the St. Francis school district has been settled, and the books will return to shelves.
Former St. Francis school resource officer Dimitri Kamolov was sentenced to jail time and probation after recording a teen girl changing in his office.
Neal Francis explains how sobriety and meditation have supported his creative process, including his latest album, Return to Zero.
On the first anniversary of the pogrom perpetrated by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, he called for a global day of prayer and fasting. "In this dramatic hour of our history," Pope Francis declared at a Mass ...
Pope Francis touches the death wall at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, in this July 29, 2016, file photo. Pope Francis, who died April 21, 2025, at age 88, stressed the importance ...
Pope Francis was laid to rest in a simple tomb at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, marking the end of his funeral on Saturday, April 26 ...
A Benedictine abbot and a Capuchin cardinal will offer spiritual meditations on the needs of the Catholic Church to the cardinals preparing to elect a new pope, according to the Vatican press office.
So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected ...
Pope Francis’ death: Body to be transferred to St. Peter's Basilica in a ceremonial procession, where the public will be able to pay their respects.
Catholic cardinals performed the ritual ceremony on Wednesday to transfer Pope Francis’ body to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public viewing.
Many students went to St. Ignatius Church in Mount Vernon on Tuesday night to pray and reflect on the legacy of Pope Francis, who died Monday at the age of 88.
Pope Francis’ funeral will be held Saturday morning in St. Peter’s Square, marking a solemn end to the life of the beloved pontiff.