Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88, following a long asthmatic respiratory crisis, ...

Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to ...

Two weeks after his surprise election as pontiff, Pope Francis carried out the Maundy Thursday ritual of washing and kissing ...

According to the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the process of appointing a new pope would ...

Pope Francis, the Argentine Jesuit who became the first Roman Catholic pontiff from the Americas, has died, the Vatican said on Monday. He was 88.

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...

As the liturgy drew to a close and the congregation departed in silence, Cardinal McElroy’s homily left the faithful with ...

In the Blessed Sacrament, heaven touches earth. And the Savior who once gave everything for love still comes to you, body ...

OCIA is the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults, previously called the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, or RCIA.

Francis, who continues to receive oxygen, was wearing nasal tubes ... our hearts - to transform even suffering into a space of communion and growth. The pope also renewed his appeal for peace ...

But if you ask me, the problem underlying them all is the loss of the sense of the sacred — and most especially in how Catholics worship ... ushers at the Communion stations to ensure no ...