A reader was moved to learn Pope Francis made a daily call to the priest of a Catholic church in Gaza since the current ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the ...

The president, an etiquette maverick, has a long history of rudeness at the most solemn moments, from Roy Cohn’s memorial to ...

ROME, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital — In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent evening ritual: He ...

Francis consistently rebuked Trump and the Republican Party, as well as the many U.S. Catholic bishops and priests who support them. He even asked an associate to read JD Vance a long statement on the ...

The pontiff began phoning Gaza’s Christians every day, more often on the worst days. He was still calling when failing health ...

(OSV News) -- "God," Pope Francis once said, "is God for all; and if God is God for all, then we are all sons and daughters of God." This credo, spoken during a 2024 interreligious meeting in ...

Local Catholics held a Mass for Pope Francis on Wednesday, joining much of the world in remembering a religious leader who ...

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

The parish priest of Gaza's only Catholic church talks about getting daily calls from Pope Francis during the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The body of Pope Francis was moved Wednesday morning to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public mourning for an Argentine pontiff remembered for his humble style, concern for the poor and insist ...