It was a busy morning April 25 at the Elemosineria Apostolica, or Apostolic Almsgiving Office, behind the Vatican walls. As Cardinal Konrad Krajewski was rushing to get his morning ...

Pilgrims of all ages from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are making what their archbishop called "an absolute pivot," as they find themselves in Rome for a papal funeral, rather than the canonization ...

After an estimated 250,000 people had passed by the body of Pope Francis, lying in an open casket in front of the main altar in St. Peter's Basilica, the casket was sealed in a p ...

ROME (CNS) -- "The Virgin Mary told me, 'Prepare the tomb.'" That is what Pope Francis said Mary told him when he was discerning whether to be buried in the historic Marian church where his body will ...

(Following is a transcript of the homily delivered by Archbishop Richard G. Henning at a special memorial Mass for Pope Francis celebrated April 23, 2025 at St. Theresa of Avila Church in West Roxbury ...

In the Lord's Paschal Mystery, death and life contended in a stupendous struggle, but the Lord now lives forever (cf. Easter Sequence). He fills us with the certainty that we, too, are c ...

The first time I heard Pope Francis proclaim these words through one of his social media accounts early on in his pontificate ...

Thomas and the others saw "many other signs" after Jesus was raised from the dead. They saw and they believed.

Pilgrims of Hope is the theme of this Holy Year MMXXV. For the next several weeks, a pilgrim of hope on the Camino Norte in ...

On the evening of April 23, Maureen Noyse went to her home parish of St. Theresa of Avila in West Roxbury to pray for ...

For decades, Dominican Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella immersed herself in the ministry of teaching, not retiring until she was 84. Now, having turned 112 on Easter at Queen of the R ...

From the moment of his election, Pope Francis made clear from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica that his first mandate was to serve as bishop of Rome and be close with the people.