On Thursday, the Vatican will mark the 12th anniversary of Francis’ election, the first with the pope out of sight but still very much in charge.

Despite his hospitalization, Francis has been actively participating in the Vatican's Lenten spiritual retreat remotely via ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

Mr. Moser left academia to start a furniture workshop in Maine that became a major force in preserving traditional ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, and Chicago-born Cardinals Robert Prevost and Wilton Gregory would be part ...

Anxious waiting mixed with disturbing medical jargon — anyone who has sat bedside with a loved one can relate.

Since the 13th century, the embalmed body of the deceased pope has been taken, in procession, to lie in state, on a raised ...

For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been ...

Church pews at Christian churches throughout Western New York might be filled on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is one of the ...

Powerful storms that killed two people in Mississippi and ripped roofs from buildings in a small Oklahoma town are charging ...

While not all Christians observe Ash Wednesday, those who do usually attend a service to mark the occasion. This year's Ash ...