World leaders from 160 nations as well as members of the royal families of Europe joined a congregation of 200,000 Romans and ...

On a glorious Roman spring day, Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs, Lutherans, Anglicans and many expressions of the Orthodox Christian Church came together with 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs to ...

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...

Pope Francis' death set off a series of traditions that culminates in a vote for his successor. Here are some of the possible ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

The body of a saint who died in Seattle is said to have been "incorrupt," having not decomposed in 27 years. How is this ...

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its founding more ...

All fifth Sundays are a joint service of the two churches with communion rotating between the Episcopal tradition and the ...

My brief tour with Pope Francis, the diplomat of our times.

World leaders arriving to pay respects at historic Vatican ceremony - More than 200,000 people are expected to attend the ...

In a 2024 meeting with Syro-Malabar Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Pope Francis summed up his view ...