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 ...

Dear Eric: This is in reference to the grandmother who was given a strict list of acceptable presents for her grandchild but wanted to buy other things. (“Joyless Grandparent”). How about ...

Christmas is a celebration that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated on December 25th in most countries. The date is fast approaching, so we're sharing a prayer you can say with your ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pope Francis has died. He was history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. “At 7:35 ...

He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing ...