Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

A sombre silence fell over the crowded pews of St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica in downtown Toronto this afternoon, as ...

Urbi et orbi” means “To the city [of Rome] and to the world.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year ...

The further we get from the needs and the lives of the poor, the easier it is to forget that we have duties to them at all.

Catholics regularly take children who are young or sick to the Vatican to receive a blessing from the pope. A nine-day mourning period will now begin in Francis' honour, with his funeral in ...

Mourners gathered Monday at the Metropolitan Cathedral to grieve the death of Pope Francis, a man deeply loved in his ...

Pope Francis had been suffering from health issues in the weeks before his death, including a more than one-month stay in the ...

In his brief final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major and said he had offered ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside ...

The Archdiocese of Detroit's 213 parishes will offer many traditions for Catholics to honor the pontiff and his life, said an ...

“Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the presbyters (priests) of the church, and they ...

This Lent, a new version of a Catholic devotion seeks to acknowledge the traumas experienced by Native people, including ...