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 ...

From these stories, you can easily make connections between St. Francis’ spirituality and how Pope Francis led the church. As I reflect on what his legacy will be for us, moving into an ...

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I ...

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 ...

(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 ...

An aerial view of St. Peter's Square filled with thousands of mourners, clergy, and dignitaries gathered for Pope Francis's funeral Mass under clear blue skies in Vatican City on April 26, 2025 ...

In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pope, whose simple style ...

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 ...

Grimaldi) More than 250,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square and Vatican City today (April 26) to pay tribute to Pope Francis, the charismatic leader of the Catholic Church who electrified ...

Francis' funeral will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. (2 a.m. ET) in St. Peter’s Square, after which the Vatican press office is expected to release details of the conclave that will elect the next ...