The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea which sought the power of the top court under Article 142 of the Constitution ...

The death of Pope Francis has sent shockwaves through Iraq’s Christian community, where his presence once brought hope after ...

What a humbling feeling it was to have the leader of the Roman Catholic Church ask you to pray for him. While it shocked us in the moment, perhaps it should not have. Pope Francis lived a life rooted ...

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A final message on screens and human contact. In what has now become his final public video message, Pope Francis called for less screen time and more human connection. The messag ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

A nine-day prayer guide was created by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to honor the late Vatican. In the Novendiales prayer mourning period it consists of a daily short reading from ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Speaker of the House Emerita Nancy Pelosi about her experiences meeting Pope Francis and ...

The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a teenager, packed the cathedral where ...

Minnesotans paid their respects for Pope Francis, who died Monday the age of 88. Many expressed their admiration for the pope ...

“He had a huge impact not only in his teachings but also with his witnessing of life - how much he prayed, how much he was close to people with other faiths, and talking to everybody, trying to bring ...

Though Pope Francis outlined his wishes for a modest burial, the funeral for a pope is no simple matter. It will likely take ...