ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

In theology class, we are all taught that humanity as a whole is made ‘in the image and likeness of God’ as referenced in Genesis 1:26. Yet, women cannot be ordained in the Catholic Church, despite ...

Mary Ann Melbert, 81, of Greenwood, IN, passed away on April 16, 2025. The daughter of Joe Ralph Cox and Mary Elizabeth Cox ...

Preparations are underway at EWTN Global Catholic Network in Irondale to ensure viewers in 160 countries and territories will be able to watch the funeral mass of ...

As Pope Francis' death affects Catholics in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as well as members of various faith ...

Southland Catholics gathered in downtown Los Angeles Friday to honor the late Pope Francis Friday during a memorial Mass at ...

The last pope buried outside the Vatican was Leo XIII in 1903. Francis’s will stipulated a simple burial "in the earth, ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will be simpler than those of previous popes, following instructions he set out himself. But as a ...

Fifty-seven-year-old journalist, James Azania, recounts to AYOOLA OLASUPO the painful story of how his wife vanished with their four children without a trace, and his relentless efforts to reconnect ...

Had he remained with us a little longer, Pope Francis would have been creating the first Gen Z saint at the Vatican this ...

Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it ...