Roman Catholic cardinals gathered Tuesday in Vatican City to prepare for the Saturday funeral of Pope Francis.

No one knows who the world's Catholic cardinals will choose to succeed Pope Francis as the new leader of the global Catholic ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

Rooted in ancient Christian and Roman customs, the Novendiales is a period of nine consecutive days dedicated to mourning the ...

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Before mourners in their thousands gather in St. Peter’s Square to grieve, before leaders from around the world arrive to pay ...

The death of a pope and the election of a new pontiff are steeped in age-old customs. Take note of these important events—and ...

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Tens of thousands of people planned to be at the Vatican this week for the canonization of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial ...

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday (April 26) and released images of the pontiff ...