Typically, popes are laid to rest beneath St. Peter's Basilica. On Saturday, Francis became the first Catholic leader in over ...

As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world ...

The Jubilee of Teenagers, scheduled for April 25-27, took place with some modifications despite the death of Francis.

The beautiful town of Nyafeku Ekroful in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District, the proud hometown of Cardinal Peter Kwodwo Appiah Turkson, is alive with jubilant anticipation over his potential ...

A single white rose was placed on the tomb that said "Franciscus" – the pope's name in Latin – inside the Santa Maria ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin told some 200,000 people in St. Peter’s Square that Pope Francis had made the message of God’s limitless mercy the heart of his pontificate.

Even from his hospital bed, Pope Francis continued his near-daily video calls in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Pope Francis once said in an interview: “I like to think of hell as empty. I hope it is.” Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died on April 21, 2025. Soon after the announcement of his ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always ...

As he prepares to enter the seclusion of a conclave to elect a new pope, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of ...