Dozens of heads of state attended the funeral service for Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, at St. Peter’s Square ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with "strength and serenity" who modeled his pontificate on St. Francis of Assisi. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni ...

As the Catholic Church enters a period of transition, millions of Catholics worldwide are wondering what comes next.

For a year, college graduates Lydia Beachum of Tennessee and Caroline Knight of Georgia are volunteering at Joseph’s House in ...

The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Re, offered the homily during Pope Francis' funeral. Here are the words he ...

Pope Francis's casket is driven past the Colosseum on its way toward his burial place in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in ...

The English translation of the homily, delivered in Italian by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re for the funeral of Pope Francis.

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and social action.

The late pontiff sought to bring the Catholic Church closer to the people and break with tradition through symbolic gestures ...

On the morning of the Resurrection, Mary Magdalene and other women were the first to arrive at the tomb and the first to witness the risen Christ (see John 20:11-18 and Matthew 28:1-10 ).

Under the bright Roman sun and amid crowds extending down the Via della Conciliazione, the funeral Mass unfolded within the ...