Catholic bishops have condemned the attack on tourists by militants in India’s Kashmir that killed 26 people and injured 17 ...

Tin Win led the Mass at the Marian Grotto in the Sacred Heart Cathedral compound in the presence of 160 Catholics in the nation’s second-largest city. The cathedral, along with its bell tower, was ...

When Pope Francis laid out his wishes for his funeral, he included two stipulations that break long-standing traditions at ...

Pope Francis's funeral reflected the tenets of his papacy by breaking away from traditions and choosing sobriety over pomp.

Pope Francis introduced changes to the papal funeral rites in 2024 which were aimed at simplifying the ceremonies.

Even the moment of the formal verification of the pope’s death takes place in the context of a prayer service “at home” in ...

According to the traditional rites, and unless a pope has chosen otherwise, his remains are to be moved after the funeral mass to the grotto of St ... in this ancient Marian shrine, where I ...

“I wish that my final earthly journey conclude precisely in this ancient Marian shrine, where I go to pray at the beginning and end of every Apostolic Journey… “I ask that my tomb be ...