CNA Newsroom, Apr 28, 2025 / 19:06 pm. Editor’s Note: On April 28, 2025, Cardinal Baldassare Reina, vicar general for the Diocese of Rome, delivered the following homily during the third day of ...

In the will, dated June 29, 2022, Pope Francis wrote that with the "feeling that the sunset of my earthly life is approaching," he wished to express his preferences for his burial.

Pope Francis offered reflections Sunday on the most serious medical crisis of his papacy, saying in the written text of his regular Angelus prayer that he was “confidently continuing” his ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re eulogized Pope Francis at his funeral, calling him "a pope among the people, with an open heart towards everyone." Latest U.S.

Pope Francis' passion for prayer inspired many others In tributes, mourners share memories of Pope Francis' personal prayers for newlyweds, politicians and others Dinah Voyles Pulver ...

Italian cardinal Giovanni Battista Re blesses the coffin of late Pope Francis, during the funeral ceremony at St Peter’s Square at the Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP ...

Pope Francis publicly acknowledged that this Lenten season is a time of healing for his soul and body. On Sunday, the Vatican released the text of Francis' prepared Sunday Angelus prayer. It is ...

World leaders, dignitaries, and over 200,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope Francis, a spiritual leader who touched millions with his compassion, humility and ...

A woman offers a prayer before a portrait of the late Pope Francis before a special noon Mass at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul on Monday, April 21, 2025. (John Autey / Pioneer Press) ...

In one of his last public acts, Pope Francis gave a message of hope and peace in his Easter Sunday speech at the Vatican only hours before his death.

Several thousand took part in a rosary prayer for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Monday evening. As Francis Lingers in Critical Condition, an Anxious Wait Intensifies ...

Pope Francis is suffering from “initial, mild kidney failure” in addition to the serious respiratory illness that has left the 88-year-old pontiff in critical condition in a Rome hospital, the ...