COMMENTARY: The homily for the pope emeritus was inadequate for the occasion, but measured by the Holy Father’s own standards, it was actually something special. Pope Francis presides over the funeral ...

In this image released on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, by the Vatican Media news service, Pope Francis touches the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI after the funeral mass for late Pope Emeritus ...

The former pope’s supporters, who include conservatives, said Francis’ approach seemed paltry in comparison to Benedict’s homily at the funeral of Pope John Paul II. By Jason Horowitz and Ruth Graham ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Under a majestic, bright blue sky, an open-air funeral Mass was held on Saturday morning for a man who looked to open the Church to the masses. More than 250,000 people, ...

In one of the rarest of scenes in two millennia of Catholic Church history, Pope Francis on Jan. 5 presided over the funeral Mass of his predecessor, the late Pope Benedict XVI, and offered a subtle ...

Pope Francis's efforts to help refugees, migrants and poor people were "countless", Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said Saturday in his funeral homily.

Pope Francis was eulogized by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re at his funeral Mass Saturday in St. Peter’s Square. Re remembered Francis as a "pope among the people, with an open heart towards everyone." ...

Pope Francis was "a pope among the people, with an open heart", who strove for a more compassionate Catholic Church, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said Saturday in his funeral homily. The Barron's ...

ALBANY — The 13 nieces and nephews of Albany Bishop Emeritus Howard J. Hubbard, who died last week, are condemning Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger for what they said was a “detestable” homily that he ...