Vatican City • In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday ...

From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always made a point to ...

For the good of Pope Francis’s soul, and for the good of the Catholic Church, Catholics must not gloss over the damage of the ...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...

Catholic News Network Vatican Correspondent Colm Flynn speculates on who the next pope may be, claiming Guinean Cardinal ...

Catholic News Network Vatican Correspondent Colm Flynn says the funeral of Pope Francis has allowed the world to see the ...

The Vatican said 400,000 people packed St. Peter's Square and lined the streets of Rome for the funeral of the first Latin ...

Three seminarians from the Diocese of Grand Rapids have spent the past months studying abroad in Rome. After Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis’s funeral dress code required dark suits for men and long black dresses for women. Social media buzzed over ...

Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, was laid to rest after a funeral attended by world leaders and a diverse crowd of ...

The choice of the basilica was also symbolically significant given its ties to Francis’ Jesuit religious order. St. Ignatius Loyola, who founded the Jesuits, celebrated his first Mass in the basilica ...

Over three days this week, more than 250,000 people stood for hours in line to pay their final respects while Francis’ body lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica.