Under the frescoes painted by Michelangelo, cardinals will elect the successor to Pope Francis at the Sistine Chapel as the ...

Pope Francis said a prayer and laid a white rose at the slabs ... A Vatican spokesman said Pope Francis met with five victims of sexual abuse: people who were victims of priests, relatives and ...

Mourners gathered on Monday in St. Peter’s Square for the first prayer ... On one of Francis’s fingers is a ring — the one he wore as a bishop, and not the one he used as pope, called ...

But a security guard signalled no with his finger ... to attend the Pope's funeral on Saturday. Mourners are gathered in St Peter's Square for a rosary prayer for Pope Francis, following ...

It was soles rather than souls that needed prayer ... s pope and doesn’t take the church backward,” Katherine said. They would all like to see a progressive pope, in continuity with Francis.

In his five-page ... Francis wrote in his open letter to American bishops. Speaking at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in February, Mr. Vance acknowledged the pope’s critical comments ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires on December 17, 1936, Pope Francis was the eldest of five siblings birthed to Mario José ... ministry not as power but as service anchored in prayer and ...

At first glance, it would seem that buying rosaries and listening to the pope cry out passionately against war have little to ...

Personal stories emerging this week in the wake of the many tributes to Pope Francis reflect the impact of individual prayers and blessings the pontiff shared around the world, whether he was ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic church, passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, was known for his progressive ideals within a ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. "Prayer was a fundamental component of Pope Francis’ service to the church and the world," said Bruce Morrill, a distinguished professor of ...