Cardinal Roger Mahony has repeatedly apologized for his handling of clerical sexual abuse in Los Angeles. In 2013, internal ...

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

A Catholic Charities Boston leader, a couple from Mass. on their honeymoon and a Cambridge boys’ choir were thrilled to see ...

So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all ...

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.

A cardinal who was sentenced to five and a half years in prison after being convicted of embezzlement said Tuesday he intends ...

The basilica was bathed in a hushed silence as mourners from across the globe made a slow, shuffling procession up the main ...

Survivors of church sexual abuse acknowledge Francis took important steps, but say his successor must do more to tackle ...

Those touched − figuratively and literally − by Pope Francis, the "People's Pope," during his only visit to the U.S. reflect on their encounter.

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.

The conclave to select the next pontiff has not started yet, but meetings to set the agenda were underway, and the church released the first image of Francis’ tomb.