The Cross of Gratitude was recently welcomed by a Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the first ...

Reverend Brenda Forrester from St Francis of Assisi Church, in Barwick Way, is astonished by the 'love from this community' ...

Eight hundred years ago, around the feast of the Triumph of the Cross (Sept. 14), Francis of Assisi received the “stigmata,” the five wounds of Jesus in his own body. He bore the wounds until ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, revised various rites last year, simplifying the funeral rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican in keeping ...

The death of Pope Francis now sets off a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals. Francis has said he wants to be buried not in St. Peter’s Basilica or its grottoes, where most popes ...

Pope Francis’ funeral is scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. local time in St. Peter’s Square and will be led by the dean of the College of Cardinals.

Pope Francis sits by the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St Peter’s Square during a funeral mass at the Vatican, on 5 January 2023 (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (AP) ...

Pope Francis' funeral is scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.

Pope Francis through the years VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - 2025/04/20: Pope Francis delivers his traditional 'Urbi et Orbi' Blessing from the balcony of St. Peter's basilica overlooking St. Peter's ...

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St. Peter's and by the hospital to pray the rosary for him.

The Vatican has opened St. Peter's Basilica to the public so thousands of Catholic faithful can pay their final respects to Pope Francis over the next three days.. Flocks of mourners are filling ...

Here’s what to know about the events to take place after Francis’ death: Pope Francis: The declaration of death. Timeline: The three main moments happen first in his home, then in St. Peter ...