VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis ...

Bearing witness isn’t just a Catholic tradition, it’s also part of this newspaper’s legacy. Our eyes and our ears are in the ...

Pope Francis, I believe, tried to offer that same warmth. He never completely dismissed tradition, but he leaned toward ...

Francis’ death and funeral will usher in a carefully orchestrated period of transition in the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic ...

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Between now and then, there is space for reflection as tens of thousands of people make their way to the basilica in hope of ...

Huge crowds were expected at St Peter's Basilica on Thursday for a glimpse of Pope Francis's body on the second day of public ...

As news of the pope’s death reverberates around the world, the Ltyentye Apurte Catholic community in Central Australia, known ...

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The media’s praise of Pope Francis aims to place a last coat of “democratic” and “modern” varnish on the Catholic Church as ...

The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is calling for Greene’s censure after a post on X, formerly Twitter, from ...

Here is how the next Pope is chosen through this sacred process, from voting to the revealing of white smoke at the Vatican.