The public mourning period presents a major security challenge: how to accommodate all the people who want to see the pope - ...

As faithful mourn Pope Francis, Vatican police carry unique anti-drone gun VATICAN CITY – Security is tight in Vatican City ...

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Pope Francis, I believe, tried to offer that same warmth. He never completely dismissed tradition, but he leaned toward ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Monday, cardinals will convene in Vatican City to elect a successor. Here are a few ...

The Holy Father Pope Francis, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the firstborn or ...

The media’s praise of Pope Francis aims to place a last coat of “democratic” and “modern” varnish on the Catholic Church as ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that aims to alter how colleges and universities are accredited ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects ...

Between now and then, there is space for reflection as tens of thousands of people make their way to the basilica in hope of ...

Francis’ death and funeral will usher in a carefully orchestrated period of transition in the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic ...

In America and much of the Global South, conservative churches promoting reactionary politics are growing. Catholicism could ...