As the Church and the world reflect on the legacy and papacy of Francis, CNA highlights some of his more personal moments — ...

Pope Francis’ final days weren’t wasted. They were a homily without words — on how to die with Jesus, love like Jesus, and ...

The sick person answers "Amen." All who wish to do so receive Communion in the usual way. After a time of silence, the minister says the following or another prayer: Viaticum is the sacrament of ...

Cardinal Bergoglio was the first pope to choose the name Francis, in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. It was a significant choice. The man we know from history as St. Francis lived at the turn of 13th ...

It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year on Easter Sunday, Christmas ... as well as the lives of the elderly and the sick, who in more and more countries are looked upon ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

Pope Francis charmed the world with those poignant acts of love, humility and informality, starting with his first appearance ...

Millions of Catholics around the world will spend the next nine days in prayer for the pope ... “He was so sick, but he was there.” Coleman was in his last year of seminary when Pope Francis ...

"Today, the prayers of more than a billion people ... He emphasised those values in his last Christmas address saying, 'God's mercy can do all things. It unties every knot, it tears down every ...