There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

(Reuters) -E-commerce firm eBay said on Wednesday that its Chief Financial Officer Steve Priest will step down in May and ...

A judge blocked the probe from moving forward after the Camden Diocese challenged it in court. The attorney general's office ...

The Rev. Lawrence Kozak was sentenced to two years of probation for using the money from St. Thomas More Church to "power up" ...

At age 16, Ana María Careaga was pregnant and kidnapped during the regime of terror. Her story is one Pope Francis never ...

World dignitaries and Catholic faithful have attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square. Despite the presence of ...

The pope’s burial site, at his request, is the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of the four papal basilicas in Rome. He joins ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and the place Pope ...

In 2023, Pope Francis announced that he would be buried at St. Mary Major; his tomb has been prepared near the Salus Populi Romani icon. While most popes are buried at St. Peter’s in the Vatican, Pope ...