Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new ...

Bishop Earl K. Fernandes of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus issued a statement Monday following news of the pope's death.

The Vatican has begun a Rosary prayer in St Peter’s Square in its first public commemoration following Pope Francis’s death. Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St Peter’s Basilica ...

His death ends a historic chapter for the Catholic Church. The first Latin American pope, he opened the doors of his faith to ...

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Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as ...

In his role as camerlengo, Cardinal Kevin Farrell is responsible for confirming the pope's death and conducting rituals such as sealing the papal apartment.

Politicians and religious leaders in Scotland have paid tribute to Pope Francis following his death on Easter Monday ... Francis had been “a blessing for the Church and for wider society”.

On a chilly, cloudy morning in Rockland County, Rev. Steven Neier led a joyful yet solemn Easter Monday Mass at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Congers.

He is also known to speak Italian and Irish Gaelic.Farrell’s expertise ... ceremonial service of the certification of death, “a first moment of prayer” following the death of the pope ...