Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became the first American-born pope on May 8. Here's how local Catholics reacted to the news.

The State Bar of California announced Friday that its beleaguered leader, who has faced growing pressure to resign over the botched February roll out of a new ...

Their dreams of celebrating their “quinceañeras” seemed unattainable. Then a foundation, with the support of the police and ...

The late pontiff was first Jesuit, the first Latin American, and first and last a priest, walking beside people on their ...

The funeral of Pope Francis, the former head of the Catholic Church, will take place on Saturday in Rome. Donald Trump and Prince William will be there.

“Believe me, I could preach longer,” Dolan said Tuesday during a Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. “But Pope Francis always complained about priests preaching too long.” Instead, Dolan ...

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, died at the Vatican on Monday, April 21, 2025. He was 88. (Eric Thayer/The New York Times) ...

MANHATTAN (WABC) -- Pope Francis' funeral is set to be held Saturday, but on Tuesday the pope was remembered at a special Mass led by Timothy Cardinal Dolan. On a splendid spring day, St. Patrick ...

Francis explained that he decided to restrict the Latin Mass because he was concerned its use was leading to division in the Church. Francis said he felt the more ancient mass was "being used in ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WBNG) -- The Vatican announced Pope Francis’s passing at 88 on Monday morning. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse released a statement from Bishop Douglas J. Lucia on the ...