Intertwined within the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the acknowledgement of her as the “Mystical Rose,” for she is the ...

The Church stands at a cultural crossroads. The next pope must lead with courage and clarity — and entrust his mission to ...

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, then president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led a "Renewal of the ...

"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me," sang Paul McCartney in the enduring 1970 Beatles' anthem, ...

The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather ...

As we've been reporting, a rosary prayer was held earlier in St Peter's Square this evening to mark Pope Francis's death. The ...

Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants. He credited ...

After the Vatican announced that Pope Francis, the first non-European head of the Roman Catholic Church in more than a ...

ATLANTA — Archbishop of Atlanta Gregory Hartmayer called Pope Francis a "much loved and respected spiritual father" Monday as ...

ATLANTA–On Monday of the Octave of Easter, the world learned of the news of Pope Francis’ death. Archbishop Gregory J.

Welcome them into the light of your face. Have mercy on us all, we pray, that with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, St Joseph, her beloved husband, with the blessed apostles and with all the ...