On May 2, a Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis will be celebrated in Erie by Bishop Lawrence Persico, according to the Catholic Diocese of Erie website. The service will take place at ...

Every pope has his critics. And Pope Francis probably expected that he would face opposition to his reform agenda after ...

A memorial was set up at the foot of the pulpit at St. Andrew’s Cathedral with the Pope’s portrait, a simple wooden cross ...

Cardinals have decided that the public viewing of Pope Francis will begin Wednesday in St. Peter’s Basilica, after his casket ...

Every pope has his critics. But Pope Francis’ conservative opponents were unique in that they actually had a living alternate as a point of reference. Pope Benedict XVI lived as ...

Anthony Albanese, who has re-embraced his Catholic faith in recent years, has been ahead of the opposition leader in ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

After the funeral for Pope Francis, there are nine days of official mourning. During this period, cardinals arrive in Rome to ...

Learning of the April 21 death of Pope Francis, Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said he planned to celebrate Mass for the repose of the soul of the pope at noon ...

ROME (AP) — Top-flight soccer matches in Italy and Argentina were postponed after the death of Pope Francis on Monday. The ...

The papal conclave will be influenced by Pope Francis, whose picks to the College of Cardinals increased its geographic ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate ...