Cardinals will meet next month to pick Francis' successor, deciding if the new pope should continue with the late pontiff's push for a more open Church or cede to conservatives who want to return to a ...

“You have called me to carry that cross and to be blessed with that mission, and I know I can rely on each and every one of you to walk with me as we continue as a church, as a community ... Leo was ...

Warren Church hopes an investigation will hold someone responsible for what happened to him. He’s using his story to raise ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American-born pope, said his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his ...

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

I, too, address the world's great powers by repeating the ever-present call: ‘never again war,’” Leo said from the loggia of ...

was accused of four counts of possession of cannabis and cocaine as well as four counts of simple possession of the drugs, at the church, industrial estate and at his home address. Det Gda Dan ...

Pope Francis was buried inside his favourite Rome church ... cross worn by Francis during his lifetime hung above it. Francis had asked that the tomb, located near the altar of Saint Francis, be ...

As crowds celebrated in St. Peter's Square, a man in white and red stepped onto the balcony of the basilica, prompting cheers from the plaza. It was American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost: Pope ...

OUTSIDE THE CATHEDRAL OF THE HOLY CROSS, HERE IN THE SOUTH END, THE CHURCH SAYS A BOOK OF CONDOLENCES ... "The Pope asked for a simple send-off, asking not to be buried at the Vatican, but at ...

More Than 30,000 People Pack Rome Church ... simple marble tomb in a side aisle of the basilica. Only his name in Latin, "Franciscus", is inscribed on top, while a reproduction of the plain cross ...