A birthday cake had lit candles around it, with each candle representing a year of the celebrant’s life. The celebrant blows ...

So why did Montrealers see a purple cross when Pope Francis died? The Gazette headed up to Mount Royal and noticed the cross wasn’t white, but it wasn’t quite purple either.

Near the register at the Advent Shop, a 20-year-old Catholic religious goods store on Long Island, New York, a wooden table has been carefully arranged into a kind of altar. Stacked with book versions ...

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

Faithful, one holding a placard with the Ukrainian flag and reading Francis, pray for us, arrive for the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025.

Catholics Pay Their Respects To Pope Francis As He Lies In State VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - APRIL 24: Faithful join a long line into St Peter's Square to view the body of Pope Francis laying in state ...

On Saturday, ABC News will have special coverage ahead of the funeral service for Pope Francis. Coverage starts at 3:30 a.m. live from St. Peter's Square.

Thousands of people poured into St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state for three days ahead of his funeral on Saturday.

Francis’ body — dressed in papal vestments, with a white bishop’s miter on his head — will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for several days to allow the faithful to bid farewell.

Pope Francis' funeral is set to be held Saturday, but Tuesday, the pope was remembered at a special Mass led by Timothy Cardinal Dolan.

The Catholic Church in Plymouth said it would hold a service for Pope Francis Churches in the south-west of England will be open for people to gather, light a candle and pray for the late Pope ...