The College of Cardinals decided Pope Francis’s funeral would be celebrated April 26 in St. Peter’s Square. In his final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at St. Mary Major where he ...

The exhibit, entitled “‘The Happiest Day of My Life’: Divine Mercy with Saint John Paul II and Saint Faustina,” expresses the ...

Amid papal mourning, an annual celebration of the Divine Mercy reminds the faithful that Easter joy triumphs over tears, with ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, approaches the Petriano entrance of the Vatican next to ...

Karl D. Bar-Lev, a retired U.S. Navy veteran who served for 17 years, also entered the Church at the Easter Vigil. Raised in ...

After signing the Book of Condolences at the Apostolic Nunciature on April 24, Geraldine Byrne Nason, the ambassador of ...

People gather inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 23, 2025, to view the body of Pope Francis on the first day of ...

Divine Mercy Sunday, is all about second chances – how God offers us the gift of mercy to repent and begin again. Coming one ...

This dynamic interplay between God’s will in all its perfection and our fallible human capacities for discernment is one ...

Novels and films that include or revolve around a conclave often include nefarious plotting, or at least politicking, and ...

U.S. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, “camerlengo” or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, stands before the body of Pope Francis in ...

The U.S. flag flies at half-staff above the White House in Washington April 21, 2025, in honor of Pope Francis, who died that ...