After so many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open ...

St. Peter's Basilica closed its doors just briefly in the early hours and then opened again to welcome crowds of worshippers ...

Pope Francis’ final days weren’t wasted. They were a homily without words — on how to die with Jesus, love like Jesus, and ...

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

Francis revealed a surprising blind spot on the abuse crisis. He did not talk very much about it in the early months of his pontificate. When he did, in 2014, he appeared defensive, insisting that “no ...

The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the ...