ALLENTOWN, Pa. - In honor of Pope Francis's passing, Allentown's Cathedral Church of St. Catherine of Siena is draped in black for the next month. The church hosted a holy sacrifice Mass attended ...

Pope Leo XIV was welcomed as the newest pontiff by a sea of faithful and an uninterrupted view of St ... church that includes all people, and that comes right out of Pope Francis," Dennis Doyle ...

NEWARK − The Rev. David Sizemore, pastor at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church for eight years, told parishioners Sunday in a tear-filled homily he will leave the parish to become pastor at ...

Yet to oppose doctrinal clarity to Francis’ joyful smile is to forget something vital about what his papacy offered the church. After the extensive magisterial contributions of St. John Paul II ...

After the cardinals paid their respects, the basilica was opened to the public, where thousands lined up to view the resting place of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday.

(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) The coffin of Pope Francis during his funeral in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) A view of the funeral of Pope ...

During the Francis papacy, the role of women in the church emerged as a pressing priority, with Catholics across the globe calling for change. The Argentine pontiff listened, breaking some ...

More than 400,000 people filled St. Peter’s Square for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday as the world said goodbye to the first Latin American pope who led the Catholic Church for the ...

standing behind Francis’ coffin on the steps of St. Peter’s Square. “He was also a pope attentive to the signs of the times and what the Holy Spirit was awakening in the church.” ...

Mine happened to be St. Francis of Assisi ... to be a deacon and participate as a clergy member in the Church, Francis, with unequivocal clarity, responded, "No." He added that any role, deacon ...

the crowds lined up outside the basilica at St. Peter's Square were even larger as the last of the faithful lined up for the final day to view the pope before the coffin is sealed shut. Francis ...

His open coffin was raised on a stretcher and taken to St. Peter's Basilica in a slow procession led by the chamberlain of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Kevin Farrell. Francis, dressed in bishop ...