To the chanting of Christ's promise, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, ...

Cardinals around the world are remembering Pope Francis not just as a pope, but as a pastor deeply connected to real life.

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President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for the first time since World War II, granting himself broad ...

President Donald Trump plans to attend Pope Francis' funeral and directed US flags be flown at half-staff in the late pontiff ...

The funeral Mass of Pope Francis will be celebrated April 26 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced. Cardinal Giovanni ...

Pope Francis "inspired Catholics and all people of good will to live as Christ did," said Kerry Alys Robinson, who is ...

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires made history with his election on March 13, 2013, becoming the first Argentine ...

From the moment of his election, Pope Francis made clear from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica that his first mandate was ...

Pope Francis' funeral rites, like those for any pope or any Christian, are meant to "reinforce the hope and witness to the ...

Pope Francis is brought on stage in St. Peter’s Square by his nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti, at the end of the closing Mass ...

Issues of extreme poverty, homelessness, mental illness, forced migration, climate change and war inspired Pope Francis “to call for a more merciful, charitable, just and other-centered world,” said ...