VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis ...

Between now and then, there is space for reflection as tens of thousands of people make their way to the basilica in hope of ...

Bearing witness isn’t just a Catholic tradition, it’s also part of this newspaper’s legacy. Our eyes and our ears are in the ...

Vatican opened St. Peter’s Basilica to the general public Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, with ...

Francis’ death and funeral will usher in a carefully orchestrated period of transition in the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic ...

Interest in “Conclave” (2024) and “The Two Popes” (2019) – two Vatican-themed films – has spiked in the United States following the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at age 88. Figures from Luminate, ...

In America and much of the Global South, conservative churches promoting reactionary politics are growing. Catholicism could ...

A prominent cardinal urged the Catholic Church to return to conservative traditions as candidates began to jockey for position before the election that will choose Pope Francis’s successor.Timothy ...

The Philippines began a period of national mourning for Pope Francis on Wednesday, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ...