Retired attorney and preservationist Tony Gelderman has restored several historic buildings over the past 30 years. His ...

The bishop of Rome is one of many titles held by the pope. Duties related to the title are usually delegated to an auxiliary ...

St. Anselm has started a senior citizen club that meets most Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Victory Hall, ...

Prior to this it is likely that a new pope was simply announced from the loggia (central balcony) of St Peter’s Basilica and a written announcement ... the announcement of the Church’s 267th Pope.

Since 1914, white smoke has indicated the election of a new pope. A stereotypical association of the colour of the smoke – white (positive) and black (negative) – lies behind the use of the two ...

(Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis, St. Peter's Basilica, Sunday ... Mary Ann White, SSJ, and Clare Marie Beichner, SSJ.

A primary school teacher from Clare who attended Pope Francis funeral with her ... five hours on Wednesday of last week to see the late pontiff’s remains at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Ms ...

Founded in the 12th Century by St Francis & St Clare, the Poor Clare Monastery ... to watch the transmission of the funeral mass at the basilica at Knock Shrine, Bells were sounded to mark the ...

from County Clare in Ireland, stood for more than five hours on Wednesday to be among the first members of the public to see the late pontiff’s remains inside St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

Apart from his own person connection to Santa Maria Maggiore, Clare Johnson says it will ... "As soon as we saw the dome [of St Peter's Basilica] it was like our beacon of light." ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected turnout, ...