After an Earth Day Service of Lessons and Carols at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington on May 18, 2025 ...

Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with ...

Anger has erupted both inside St. Peter's Basilica and online over the number of visitors posing for selfies with the body of Pope Francis.The Pope, who passed away on Easter Monday, is currently ...

(RNS) — Near the register at the Advent Shop, a 20-year-old Catholic religious goods store on Long Island, New York, a wooden table has been carefully arranged into a kind of altar. Stacked with book ...

Francis applauded the journalistic pursuit of truth and called for teaching people “how to discern, evaluate and understand our deepest desires and inclinations, lest we lose sight of what is good and ...

As much as Leo has echoed Francis, the first American pope has staked out differences, too. VATICAN CITY — As he has done in ...

For nearly 180 years, papal conclaves have chosen a new pope in three to five days. In centuries past, they've taken a lot ...

The U.S.-born pope has signaled he will continue his predecessor’s work, but shows deference to tradition, too.

White smoke puffed from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals sequestered inside ...

Pope Francis was praised by admirers for his openness ... It was only with the advent of the internet, she said, that many people began to research their family history and became aware of their ...