Some see the byword as a rallying call in a conservative campaign to reverse Francis’ push for a more inclusive church.

Kielce Gussie, a U.S. journalist who works for Vatican News, gave the first reading at the funeral of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis' 12-year papacy was dedicated to highlighting equality in the Catholic Church and informing on the state of ...

From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always made a point to ...

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral Mass in Vatican City, where mourners joined in a ...

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Bishop Larry Sullivan delivered the sermon at a special commemoration for Pope Francis, hours after the pope was laid to rest ...

Pope Francis’ funeral is be a moment when different factions from around the world, perhaps frustratingly, have to interact ...

John Dolan heads the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and has family who died of suicide. He met the pontiff and asked for ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Vatican for Francis' funeral for a historic moment for the Catholic Church—and the ...

Priests and other celebrants distribute the Holy Communion – the bread and wine, representing the body and blood of Christ – ...