Francis choreographed the funeral himself when he revised and simplified the Vatican’s rites and rituals last year.

Pope Francis’ pontificate spanned 12 years and numerous major global events — including international gatherings, the COVID-19 crisis, and the Synod on Synodality — that saw him delivering prayers ...

The Philippines will make history this year on April 27, Divine Mercy Sunday, by becoming the first nation in the world to ...

There are many forms and expressions of prayer. The human heart is diverse and the ways in which it approaches and speaks to ...

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

Christians around the world celebrated the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul said in his ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re eulogized Pope Francis at his funeral, calling him "a pope among the people, with an open heart ...

Pope Francis was remembered as a “pope among the people" in his funeral Mass Saturday, eulogized by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his “humble, simple and essential" life.

Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrated a Memorial Mass on Friday, April 25, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the ...

Pope Francis’ wooden coffin was sealed on Friday night, in a private rite that officially ends three days of his body lying in state at the Vatican. About 250,000 people filed through St. Peter’s ...

Matthew 18:20 states, “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I with them.” What better way to come ...