From tolling bells echoing across Rome to sealed papal chambers, the ritual unfolds in mystery and reverence. Cardinals from ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican ...

Pope Francis' funeral rites, like those for any pope or any Christian, are meant to "reinforce the hope and witness to the ...

LYON, France — Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from ...

A convalescing Pope Francis was greeted by cheers as he appeared on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica as a stand-in ...

Following are some of the major events of the life and ministry of Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88.

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...

Mark Butler was scheduled to come back home to visit Hampshire County and Winchester, Va. later this month. It had been a ...

- Newcastle upon Tyne - Died peacefully in his sleep on 27th March 2025 aged 76 years. Requiem Mass at St. John The Baptist, ...

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John Lovell, 60, is a lifelong traveler. Of all countries and cities he's visited, Salzburg, Austria is his favorite. Here's ...