The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Francis upheld church teaching opposing abortion and echoed his predecessors in saying that human life is sacred and must be ...

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, died on Monday ...

It is good to recall that the prayers of the Roman Missal are ancient in origin and have been handed down to us over the centuries by the Catholic Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Pope Francis talks about gays saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and ...