The Mass, at 12:10 p.m. Friday, will come ahead of Francis’ funeral in Rome, L.A. Archbishop José H. Gomez announced Tuesday. The L.A. Mass will be “in thanksgiving for the life and ministry ...

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 ...

In the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic ... The Miami Herald’s April 20 obituary on Richard L. Armitage, a U.S. state department official ...

Francis’s stance was less clear on L.G.B.T.Q. issues. While he rejected same-sex marriage, he called on priests to be welcoming to non-traditional relationships between gay men, lesbians and ...

From L to R, back row: sister Maria Helena, mother Regina Sivori, brother Alberto, Jorge Bergoglio (Pope Francis), brother Oscar, sister Martha, stepbrother Enrique Narvaja. Sitting from L to R ...

Sixteen days after the reign of Pope Francis ended with his death on Easter Monday, the Catholic Church is looking to the future. The papal conclave got underway Wednesday afternoon in Rome ...

Pope Francis died of a cerebral stroke and heart failure, the head of the Vatican’s health department, Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, confirmed Monday, April 21. Francis, who was 88, suffered a stroke ...