The La Crosse Catholic community will gather Thursday to honor the life and legacy of Pope Francis as Bishop Gerard Battersby leads a special memorial Mass ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, will preside over the funeral, which will mostly be held ...

As people around the world gather to honor Pope Francis​, St. John's University is bringing its community together in both ...

Mourners for Pope Francis flocked to the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on Tuesday night for a mass given ...

Pope Francis — the first pontiff from the Americas, who clashed with traditional Catholics but was hailed as a reformer by progressives — died on Monday, a day after Easter, at age 88. The pope had ...

A look at nine cardinals being talked about as "papabili" to succeed Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 on Monday.

Christians and governments across Asia have paid tribute to Pope Francis, the supreme spiritual leader of the Catholic Church ...

Religious leaders from throughout the denominational and faith spectrums in Mississippi reacted Monday to the death of Pope Francis. Pope Francis, 88, a humble reformer who sought to make the Catholic ...

Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on Monday after the Vatican announced the pontiff’s death at age 88 of a ...

"It is a huge loss not just for Catholics but for people of goodwill and faith all over the world." Many in San Francisco ...

In his homily, Bishop Oscar Cantú described Francis as a beacon of hope in a time of cynicism and disillusionment ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.