Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world ...

A special mourning Mass for Pope Francis was held in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, led by the Vatican's secretary of state, ...

Pope Francis' possible successor, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, held special Mass in St. Peter's Square. Francis' tomb opened to ...

In today’s newsletter, the ritualistic sights and scenes at Pope Francis’s funeral. Plus: I watched the funeral for Pope ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Pope Francis, still recovering from a dangerous bout with bilateral pneumonia, also had a brief meeting with Vice President JD Vance.

A Catholic church in Queens was engulfed in flames less than 24 hours before worshippers were set to gather for Easter Sunday mass. The fire broke out at Saint Edmund Church of the Holy Trinity ...

An Italian cardinal presided over the Easter morning Mass that drew more than 50,000 ... of thousands of flowers in an intricate, colorful layout − a tradition in its 39th year.

A federal judge paused the Trump administration’s efforts to lay off nearly 1,500 of the 1,700 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as she considers whether the mass firing ...

District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that Thursday’s RIF notices sent to more than 1,400 CFPB employees could have violated a court order restricting removals at the agency. “[T]here is ...

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Students honor the victims at Florida State University. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images) ...