The great doors of the Sistine Chapel shut Wednesday after the cry of “extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” — and 133 cardinals ...

The Mass precedes the secretive and ritual-filled process to find a new leader of the Catholic Church following the novel pontificate of Pope Francis.

The cardinals held their last day of pre-conclave meetings Tuesday morning during which Francis’ fisherman’s ring and his ...

Pope Francis passed away at age 88 on April 21, just a day after an Easter Sunday appearance at St. Peter’s Square, where he gave well-wishes to thousands of Catholic supporters. The Vatican ...

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It was payback time for an Oklahoma cowboy at the 2025 Red Bluff Round-Up. For the third time, bull rider Wacey Schalla was ...

This is good, sound advice for our young people. The other thing is, this Pope had the ability to touch lives. Whether you were Catholic or not, you were all a part of, in his mind, God's family ...

Pope Francis had been an outspoken critic of Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza since the Hamas attack of October 2023 and had often voiced sympathy for the territory's people, winning him praise ...

The late Pope Francis left behind a unique legacy not only in the world of the papacy, but also in the world of pop culture. Tributes began pouring in from around the world after the Vatican ...

It is heating up in Vatican City and there is an intense atmosphere as the enormity of Pope Francis’ death - and the practicalities now to follow - take hold. It is busier than yesterday ...

The pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, long battled health problems and was especially prone to respiratory illnesses. He was hospitalized for five weeks this winter after ...

Rome — He was a populist leader, often referred to as the "People's Pope." As pontiff, Francis, who died Monday at age 88, sought to bring the Church closer to the people, stating early in his ...