Concluding the Paschal Triduum, the Catholic Church celebrates the Easter Vigil before daybreak of Easter Sunday. The Easter Vigil is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and reminds ...

When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals’ delight and conservatives’ horror. Such ancient teachings as the ...

Today, the Catholic Church is celebrating Maundy Thursday ... In the Catholic calendar, this day marks the beginning of the Paschal Triduum: Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday (L ...

For more about how the Catholic Church will celebrate and mourn Pope Francis, and what comes next, Geoff Bennett spoke with special correspondent Malcolm Brabant. The death of a pope and the ...

About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...

Ever wonder how many popes there have been in the Catholic Church? With news of Pope Francis' health on the minds of many around the world, the line of papal succession has become a topic of ...

David Ng held back tears as he approached the stone steps of North America’s largest Roman Catholic Church, its bells tolling in the Monday midday gloom. The news of Pope Francis’s death had ...