Upon the resignation or death of a pope, a group of clergy members known as the College of Cardinals would be called to ...

The D.C. region is home to hundreds of thousands of people of the Catholic faith, many of them saying extra prayers for the ...

The Vatican has announced the start of nighttime prayers for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...

Christian hope is not optimism or wishful thinking. Hope is a theological virtue, essential to our faith, pointing us toward ...

Francis, 88, had remained in critical condition throughout the weekend after severe breathing difficulties were reported.

Pope Francis, 88, has been in critical condition since the weekend but showed improvement and resumed some work Monday, the Vatican said.

With Pope Francis' health on the decline and a world facing political, social, and climate challenges, theories about the ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow for ritual mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

L.A. Catholics have been offering prayers for the ailing Holy Father, including special daily prayers in parishes throughout ...

The Pan-Ukrainian Day of Prayer included a Mass for peace at St. John Lateran Basilica, presided over by Cardinal Baldassarre ...