Conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, hopeful that ...

Preaching in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 to the cardinals who elected him, the first pope born in the United States opened ...

Pope Leo XIV emerged from the conclave as the first American pontiff in history, he headed back into the Sistine Chapel to ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

St. John’s University held a funeral Mass on Friday at St. Thomas More Church to honor the life of former men’s basketball coach, Lou Carnesecca. Carnesecca, a 1950 graduate of St. John’s and the ...

The funeral liturgy "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" was sung or chanted by the congregation, and Mass concluded with the Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Pope Francis will be buried in a ...

He then came down to this Square to greet the large crowd gathered for the Easter Mass while riding in the open-top Popemobile. With our prayers, we now entrust the soul of our beloved Pontiff to ...

Gomez celebrated a Memorial Mass on Friday, April 25, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles in downtown to honor the life and ministry of Pope Francis. The liturgy was held in anticipation ...

A Minnesota shoplifting spree turned out to be something far more nefarious — with police alleging the deranged suspect was plotting to carry out a religiously-charged “mass-casualty ...

The Vatican has released the order of service ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in St Peter's Square. The booklet, published on the Vatican's website, external, is 87 pages long and ...