Worship almost 15 years ago, my 3-year-old daughter sat in the back seat of the car. She asked question after question about ...

Proceedings began at 10am local time (9am BST) with the service taking place at St Peter's Basilica in front of 200,000 ...

Pope Francis echoed the words of Pope Benedict XVI, who reminded us that being a Christian is an encounter with an event, a ...

At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with "strength and serenity" who modeled his pontificate on St. Francis of Assisi. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni ...

Francis, who took his name after Saint Francis of Assisi, was known for his outreach to the poor and those in poverty and that will be reflected in his minimalist burial at Saint Mary Major. He is the ...