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

The king said he was “deeply saddened” to hear of the pope's death, while JD Vance, the pontiff’s final international visitor ...

Pope Francis died on April 20 at 88, marking the end of an epoch for the Catholic Church and the beginning of its search for ...

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the ...

The Trump administration has directed the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to begin a research initiative to study “regret” among individuals who undergo so-called gender transition ...

“Ignorance of Christ’s real presence in the Eucharist is a form of ignorance of Christ himself,” Hahn said, quoting Pope Benedict XVI. In the pursuit of veritas, both at Harvard and in our ...

Many people underestimate the reality of hell and the possibility they may end up there, pastor and author Monsignor Charles Pope said. He said 21 of the 38 parables in the Gospels are about hell ...

quoting Pope Benedict XVI who said that a society unable to accept its suffering members "is a cruel and inhuman society." In his written message to accompany the Angelus, published by the Vatican ...

Pope Francis made a surprise public appearance at the Vatican on Sunday and met with crowds just two weeks after being discharged from the hospital two weeks ago. The 88-year-old pontiff has been ...

Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since ...