The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died aged 88 after a battle with double pneumonia. The death of the progressive, Argentina-born Pope was announced by the Vatican’s Cardinal ...

An official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Tuesday said Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle has a chance to be elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church ... he can ...

The rite began in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta and ended with the Holy Father’s body before the Altar of Confession in ...

Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments in places like Jerusalem, Brazil, Nigeria, India, ...

In the Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota, the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit “welcomed record attendance at all the Holy Week ...

Catholics celebrated Easter Vigil in the Holy Night at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, marking what Pope ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, an Argentinian son of Italian immigrants who became Pope Francis, turned out to be a consistently surprising pontiff who forced his Roman Catholic Church to look beyond its ...

“He is actually now in that new life. He's where we're all going one day,” said Father Stephen Dyas, administrator of Holy Spirit Catholic Church on Johns Island. Father Dyas said Pope Francis ...

I have always entrusted my life and my priestly and episcopal ministry to the Mother of Our Lord, Mary Most Holy. Therefore ... as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years.

“St. Francis is a beloved figure known for his humility, love for the poor and patronage of the environment,” Morgan said.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects ...

The final call lasted 30 seconds. Just enough time to say hello and ask if everyone was okay. But for Gaza’s tiny Christian ...