"It's a sacrifice — just like the one Jesus made for us," said Sr. Stella Aketch "The Ugandan martyrs also gave their lives ...

We should seek to live simply, to take only what we need and share what we have, to see ourselves in kinship with all of creation.

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered for Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Francis died on April 21 at the age of 88 after 12 years at the head of the ...

but Francis brought her back. “I just wanted to come see his old haunts. He’s very real, having come from Chicago and ministered at ground zero,” said Veld, gesturing to the now-closed St ...

The late Pope Francis, who died on April 21, made surprise visits to Catholic sites near Rome quite frequently. He asked to be buried at St. Mary Major in a simple tomb, decorated only with an ...

Pat Schuchard currently owns the church and rectory of the former Immaculate Conception/St. Henry parish in the neighborhood in what is now the city’s Gate District. Schuchard quipped that maybe he ...

Leo XIV pays homage to reformer with 25-year tenure While Francis picked a name that had never been used by a pontiff as he honored St. Francis of Assisi, the newest pope took a more traditional ...

The St. Francis House has been a help to many, including homeless resident Bobby McCain. McCain started at St. Francis, looking for a place to live, when he finally got connected and was able to ...

Leo spoke off-the-cuff in English to the cardinals who elected him to lead the Catholic Church and follow in Pope Francis’ social ... blessing from the loggia of St. Peter’s and attend an ...

In 2013, after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, Bergoglio was elected to the papacy, selecting the pontifical name “Francis” after St. Francis of Assisi, a choice that set the tone for ...

Image A visitor posed with a Pride flag in front of St. Peter’s Basilica last month.Credit...Carlos Barria/Reuters “When Francis was elected, it immediately came out that he had opposed ...

Knicks in 4." Long before he was pope, Robert Francis Prevost was a boy in Chicago. He was raised with his brothers on the city's South Side and attended St. Mary’s Catholic School, where this ...