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

Pope Francis’ more than 12-year pontificate deeply resonated with the people of God in Africa, with one exception related to ...

Many of the rituals and procedures of selecting a new pope — designed to ensure secrecy and an orderly transition — have ...

The religious head of 1.4 billion Catholic across the world Pope Francis has passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88.

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Francis, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign state of Vatican City, visited Japan in 2019, the first pope to do so in 38 years. In his historic four-day visit, he encouraged Iwao Hakamata ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re eulogized Pope Francis at his funeral, calling him "a pope among the people, with an open heart ...

American Kielce Gussie, who works as a journalist at Vatican News, did the first reading -- several verses from the Acts of the Apostles -- at Pope Francis' funeral.

The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Re, offered the homily during Pope Francis' funeral. Here are the words he ...

On more than one occasion, children have walked up to the altar during Mass — and many times, the pope did not ask them to leave. In 2019, a young girl wearing a shirt that read "Love" walked up ...

Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Francis the day before he died. Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, took to social media to honor the late pope, who died at age 88 on April 21.

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...