For many of us who slipped away from the Church, Pope Francis represented the kindness we were always looking for and still ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, ...

Sunday Mass was non-negotiable part of growing ... Globe’s Spotlight investigation of sexual abuse by Catholic priests. We became Christmas and Easter Catholics. Then, not even that.

Pope Francis reshaped the Catholic Church. Cardinals will come together in the coming days to begin the process of selecting ...

The first Latin American pope, known for speaking out against social injustice, leaves behind a complicated legacy.

The DuBois Council #519 of the Knights of Columbus, founded in May 1900, is celebrating its 125th year of service. As part of ...

Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is being laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as ...

He was the great disruptor to some and the radical modernizer the Roman Catholic Church desperately ... Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads the Christmas midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...

The Vatican said Francis died of a cerebral stroke that put him into a coma and led to irreversible heart failure.

PHOTOS: Pope Francis’ image is everywhere as the Catholic faithful mourn him with art and thanks How to watch ... on celebrating the old Latin Mass that Benedict had relaxed, arguing it was ...