Dignitaries and world leaders will attend the pope’s funeral. But the thousands of people lining up to see Francis on ...

Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.

Archbishop Robert Casey will remember and pray for "the repose of the soul of Pope Francis" at four Masses throughout the ...

After the pope suffered a massive stroke Monday morning, his medical team saw no point to sending him to a hospital. He died soon after.

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, who became the first cardinal to ever be prosecuted by the Vatican’s criminal court in ...

The list of names ranges from the most high-profile — Pope Francis and Vladimir Putin —to the more obscure such as Festus ...

“There has been a shift of late regarding Pius XII,” historian William Doino told CNA. The wartime pontiff has often been ...

Survivors of church sexual abuse acknowledge Pope Francis took important steps, but say his successor must do more to tackle abusive clergy and hold bishops accountable when they mismanage cases.

Bearing witness isn’t just a Catholic tradition, it’s also part of this newspaper’s legacy. Our eyes and our ears are in the ...

Argenteuil, a city that has seen significant Muslim immigration in recent decades, now finds itself at the heart of a surprising spiritual resurgence.

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

The basilica will be kept open until at least midnight on Thursday to allow the faithful to mourn. Francis' funeral will be ...