Although overtly campaigning to be pope is discouraged and would be counterproductive, the cardinals do a lot of politicking ...

Pope Francis’ final moments were peaceful, and he managed to give one last farewell to his nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti, ...

In today’s Gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples as they are out on the boat, after a frustrating and empty night of fishing ...

They have seen and engaged with the risen Christ, they believe, and now they are boldly carrying out his mission. By contrast ...

In Africa, a person of Pope Francis’ moral caliber and spiritual substance holds the coveted designation of “ancestor,” whose ...

He peppered his homilies, talks and even encyclicals with literary references from Dostoyevsky, Proust, Hopkins, Dante and ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who served as Pope Francis' secretary of state, stands by the pope's coffin in the chapel of his ...

The funeral and burial of a pope who dies in office should take place “between the fourth and sixth day after death,” the ...

Pope Francis died April 21 after suffering a stroke and heart attack, said the director of Vatican City State’s department of ...

Joining host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., on this episode of “Preach” ahead of the Second Sunday of Easter, Casey Stanton argues ...

Just halfway through his period of convalescence, Pope Francis not only appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter’s ...

Against the backdrop of deep differences with the Trump administration over migration and foreign aid as well as concerns for ...