With the death of Pope Francis April 21, the practical aspects of overseeing the day-to-day needs of the church and ...

Catholics around the world expressed their sadness and non-Catholics sent their condolences upon hearing the news of Pope ...

We need the moral courage that Francis exemplified — a willingness to speak truth to power and to call for radical ...

Christiana Figueres is an internationally recognized leader on climate change. She was executive secretary of the United ...

Since the pope left the hospital, he had seemed different, writes NCR's Vatican correspondent Christopher White. That change ...

With the death of Pope Francis, the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, which was scheduled for April 27, has been ...

From now until Oct. 19, 2031, when we mark the final defeat of the British Army at Yorktown, Americans will be celebrating ...

The nuns are unsure how many women they have helped at St. Euphrasia's Safe Home, but a senior worker there said at least 25 ...

Pope Francis, history's first pontiff from the Global South, has died at age 88 following a monthslong respiratory illness, ...

A convalescing Pope Francis was greeted by cheers as he appeared on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica as a stand-in ...

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Pope Francis' funeral rites, like those for any pope or any Christian, are meant to "reinforce the hope and witness to the faith" that those who have been baptized in Christ "will rise with him to new ...