According to the stone inscription below, Ssebugwawo was speared on May 25, 1886, by Kabaka Mwanga II for refusing to ...

Born in Cobourg, Canada, Father Duffy moved to New York in 1893 to teach French at the College of St. Francis Xavier (now Xavier High School). He was later ordained as a priest, and in 1898, he ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said. Dozens of world leaders attended, including President Trump.

I watched the funeral for Pope Francis from atop the braccio, or “arm,” extending up and outward to the left of St. Peter’s Basilica. Seated among some of the many photographers and their ...

Francis will be the first pope in more than 350 years to be buried at the Basilica of St. Mary Major. (The last one was Clement IX .) For 16 centuries, this basilica has stood sentinel.

Francis will be the first pope in more than 350 years to be buried at the Basilica of St. Mary Major. (The last one was Clement IX .) For 16 centuries, this basilica has stood sentinel.

The coffin containing the body of the late Pope Francis is carried to St. Peter’s Basilica during a procession, on the day of the translation of his body, at the Vatican, April 23, 2025.

De Paoli created a rose-marble stone altar and a bronze statue of St. Francis which was unveiled and installed at Piandarca on December 6, 2022. The life-sized statue depicts a tall slim St. Francis ...

In 1182, St. Francis was born to a wealthy family in Assisi, which rises above a fertile valley in central Italy. Praying in front of a crucifix, he is said to have heard a call to reform the church.

No Pope has set foot in China, but none have tried harder than Francis. The Vatican’s push to forge ties with Xi Jinping’s China has outraged many Catholics, so what’s next?

Pope Francis blesses the faithful at the Jubilee of the Sick in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, on April 6, 2025, as his personal nurse, Massimo Strappetti, assists him in the wheelchair. Credit ...