Priests and other celebrants distribute the Holy Communion – the bread and wine, representing the body and blood of Christ – ...

You can read the English translation of the prepared text of the homily, delivered in Italian by Cardinal Giovanni Battista ...

Mourning of the late Pope Francis continued in Japan on Monday, with people paying their respects in front of a ...

Prince William and President Donald Trump sparked a social media debate by wearing blue suits instead of black clothing to ...

Kielce Gussie, a U.S. journalist who works for Vatican News, gave the first reading at the funeral of Pope Francis.

Video from January 22 shows Pope Francis on a video call with the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza. Pope Francis talks to ...

Cardinals will gather for the papal conclave — the centuries-old tradition through which a new head of the Catholic Church is ...

Pope Francis' 12-year papacy was dedicated to highlighting equality in the Catholic Church and informing on the state of ...

In the days since his death, Pope Francis has been called a reformer, outsider, influencer and modernizer. He was all of these things. But he was also the steward of the oldest institution in the ...

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral Mass in Vatican City, where mourners joined in a ...

From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always made a point to ...

Worshippers will flock to the Vatican in the coming days to farewell Pope Francis, including the Cardinals who will elect his ...