Francis has revolutionized the College of Cardinals by passing over large archdioceses like Los Angeles, Venice and Milan in ...

Cardinals prepare to gather in Rome for the conclave to decide on Francis’ successor and the direction they want the church ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name ...

Francis was a deeply religious child in Buenos Aires. The first pontiff from Latin America tried to create a more welcoming ...

Here's a look at the process the Catholic church has established and what experts including the Rev. Robin Ryan of the ...

Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario ...

The pontiff, who died on Easter Monday at age 88, strived to make the church more inclusive. But critics believed his reforms ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Christians around the world celebrated on Sunday the resurrection of Jesus Christ, from Vatican City where Pope Francis made ...

In celebration of National Arbor Day on April 25, the Town of Lady Lake will have its annual tree raffle at 5:30 p.m. April 21 in the Town Hall Commission Chambers, 409 Fennell Blvd., reinforcing its ...

In the Bible, it becomes, by extension ... which explains its presence as protection in many pagan rituals. In the Catholic tradition, until before Vatican II, baptismal water was systematically ...

Standing the back, the Rt. Rev. Matthew Cowden, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia, presents Rector Dean ...