As people around the world gather to honor Pope Francis​, St. John's University is bringing its community together in both ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the College of Cardinals, delivered the moving homily, painting a picture ... but the rituals of Catholic mass remained, mixed within the psalms and ...

The Argentinian pontiff was a powerful progressive voice in world politics, the first Jesuit priest to be spiritual leader of ...

The new leader of the Catholic Church will inherit a financial mess that Pope Francis spent much of his reign trying to fix ...

the art of the diaconate. Though the phrase ars celebrandi is not commonly known outside theological circles, its meaning touches every Catholic. It refers to the reverent, intentional way the ...

Pope Francis, remembered for his humility and care for the poor, was honored with a Mass in Savannah. Local religious and ...

Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert said Pope Francis “reminded the faithful that the Church is a hospital for the sinner and not ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

When I was newly baptized in an Anglican church, I attended a Catholic Mass and shed tears because ... the gentle hum of Gregorian chant, striking art that brings biblical scenes to life, sweet ...

People stand next to a photograph of Pope Francis placed at Saint Anthony Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, April ...

a former Catholic mission, to Italy as a Senior Australian of the Year. "He was happy to meet me, and I was just as excited," she said. "I took a painting and gave him a painting from me ...