During the celebration, Pope Leo XIV revived the ancient tradition of personally imposing the pallium on new metropolitan ...

Cardinals take their seats for the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.) Listen ROME – During his funeral Mass ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated the feast day of Sts. Peter and Paul with the traditional blessing of palliums for new archbishops.

There's an old saying often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi: preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. While St. Francis likely never said those words, Pope Francis, who took ...

Pope Francis was a master of making emotional connections through his actions, resulting in viral moments that rocketed across the internet. He was, at heart, a pastor to wounded souls.

I wrote a column about the Catholic Church’s failure in that it excludes women from key leadership positions, and particularly the institutional prohibition disallowing women to preach the gospel.

When he washed the feet of Muslim refugees, Pope Francis was preaching the gospel of pluralism. Explore ideas, conversations, and solutions for a fractured country. When a boy with behavioral issues ...

Discover how Pope Francis’ radical simplicity and message of mercy transformed the Church into a force for love, inclusion, and Gospel-centered action.

Pope Francis, the first Latin American Pontiff, died shortly after Easter Sunday. He bade a literal farewell to a Vatican crowd a day before, signaling the end of an era of perhaps the most ...

Catholics are gathering in D.C. and across the country on Monday to honor Pope Francis after his death at 88. At the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in Northeast D.C ...

During one of his final days on earth, Pope Francis visited the incarcerated. May we follow their model, and as they have done for us, we should also do. This story appears in the The Legacy of ...

Pope Francis was a master of making emotional connections through his actions, resulting in viral moments that rocketed across the internet. He was, at heart, a pastor to wounded souls.