"We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a Church that is wrapped up in its own world," Pope Francis said shortly after ...

The attention of the church now turns decisively to the question of Francis’ successor and the preparations for the conclave ...

Standing alongside the icon of Mary that Francis often visited in that basilica during his pontificate, the cardinal prayed ...

Pope Francis' funeral brought world leaders, monarchs, and hundreds of thousands of people to Rome on Saturday to bid him ...

On Friday, the day before the pope’s funeral, flight searches on Expedia for Rome for the dates of May 5-14 were up more than ...

The millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, was a young Italian who died in 2006 from leukemia and inspired faith in many young ...

As Catholics worldwide await the conclave’s choice of Pope Francis’s successor, Diocese of Grand Rapids Bishop David ...

Most of the funeral will be celebrated in Latin, and there will be incense and hymns and Gregorian chants. Attended by dozens ...

For thousands of young teens who traveled to Rome for the Jubilee of Teenagers, the announcement of Pope Francis' death came ...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within days to elect a new head of the Catholic Church.Mourners were permitted to ...

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...