The body of Pope Francis is now lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica. The pontiff’s mortal remains, lying in an open wooden ...

Massimiliano Strappetti, the nurse who is Pope Francis' primary medical caregiver at the Vatican, adjusts a microphone for the pope as he greets a crowd of well-wishers at Rome's Gemelli hospital ...

Catholics around the world expressed their sadness and non-Catholics sent their condolences upon hearing the news of Pope ...

ROME — Pope Francis' funeral Mass will take place on Saturday, April 26 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced. Scores ...

Millions of social media users — presidents and politicians, theologians and celebrities — flocked to social media to share ...

Pope Francis was a pastor, first and foremost, and a good pastor teaches. Any pope's most enduring legacy is the body of ...

Since the pope left the hospital, he had seemed different, writes NCR's Vatican correspondent Christopher White. That change ...

Pope Francis on April 20 met briefly with U.S. Vice President JD Vance in the first in-person encounter between one of the ...

With the death of Pope Francis April 21, the practical aspects of overseeing the day-to-day needs of the church and ...

We need the moral courage that Francis exemplified — a willingness to speak truth to power and to call for radical ...

Christiana Figueres is an internationally recognized leader on climate change. She was executive secretary of the United ...

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