Juan Carlos Cruz, who spent birthdays and Christmas with Pope Francis and advised him on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic ...

COMMENTARY: The mercy of God is invoked at any Catholic funeral, and Divine Mercy has been a mainstay of papal life for 25 ...

As the Church and the world reflect on the legacy and papacy of Francis, CNA highlights some of his more personal moments — ...

World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for ...

It was a few days before Holy Week in 2013 when my journey with Pope Francis began. I wasn’t a priest yet. I was a seminarian ...

Ahead of the conclave to select the next pope, names circulating include cardinals Bo of Myanmar, Tagle of the Philippines ...

Pope Francis died Monday; here are the front runners for the Vatican leadership, and what they've said about Jews, Israel and ...

Pontiff had complex relationship with Jews and Israel; he denounced antisemitism and met hostages and their families, but ...

He also used his first Christmas address as pontiff to call ... in comments during World Youth Day in Portugal that the Catholic Church is for "everyone," including LGBTQ+ people, although they ...

Languages: English The Catholic Church is preparing to select a new ... the pope presides over religious ceremonies, including Christmas and Easter Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, and delivers ...

The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died aged 88 after a battle with double pneumonia. The death of the progressive, Argentina-born Pope was announced by the Vatican’s Cardinal ...