Each year Pope Francis shared monthly prayer themes. His prayer for April 2025 was particularly pointed for the modern world: ...

Faithful gather in front of St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome. Penn Badgley returns to where it all began. The fifth and final ...

O Virgin most pure, wholly unspotted, O Mary, Mother of God, Queen of the universe, you are above all saints, the hope of the elect and the joy of all the blessed. It is you who have reconciled us ...

In the will, dated June 29, 2022, Pope Francis wrote that with the "feeling that the sunset of my earthly life is approaching ...

Even in the last years of his life, despite significant health problems, Pope Francis was seen in a wheelchair praying in ...

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Southland Catholics will get a chance to honor the late Pope Francis on Friday during a memorial Mass at the Cathedral of Our ...

In the will, dated June 29, 2022, Pope Francis wrote that with the "feeling that the sunset of my earthly life is approaching ...

It was in Rome, towards the end of the eighteenth century, one fine evening in May. A child of the poor gathered his companions around him and led them to a statue of Mary, before which a lamp was ...

The Vatican has disclosed that late Pope Francis will be buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in the Pauline Chapel.

In his will, Pope Francis asked for a simple burial, with his tomb only bearing the inscription, "Franciscus." ...

The Pope requested a "simple" tomb bearing only the inscription "Franciscus", according to his final testament.