Hundreds of thousands of people gathered for Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday in St. Peter's Square at the ... a scholar of the papacy at Oxford University. Though the readings were for two ...

rNIHR UCLH Clinical Research Facility and NIHR UCLH Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK sUniversity Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, ...

The church also houses the artistic statue of Saint Lawrence, the only titular statue in Malta dressed in real garments and boasts two historically significant silver reliquaries containing relics ...

The “people’s pontiff” is entombed near the Altar of St. Francis, in the niche of the side nave between the Pauline Chapel (Salus Populi Romani Chapel) and the Sforza Chapel. It is a simple ...

In the UK, four patron saints represent each of the nations: St George in England, St Patrick in Northern Ireland, St Andrew in Scotland, and St David in Wales. If your first thought when you imagine ...

stepping onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica shortly after white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel — the traditional signal that a new pope has been elected.He succeeds Pope Francis who ...

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 ...

When Francis first addressed the crowd in St. Peter’s, he described himself as the new bishop of Rome. In Catholicism, the pope holds many titles representing the scope and duties of his office.

The new Pope’s choice of name signals he will continue the work of his predecessor, “institutionalising” Francis’s reforms, experts have said. Pope Leo XIV, the first American head of the ...

NEW ORLEANS — This year Xavier University celebrated its 100th anniversary and they unveiled a statue on Friday of the former president and civil rights leader, Norman C. Francis. Francis was ...