Pope Francis, who chose his papal name after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

True, we see stars at night, but they are above us during the day too. The sun outshines the others so much that it is as if ...

Saturday’s funeral and burial of Pope Francis mark the beginning of nine days of official mourning at the Vatican, with ...

They came from far and wide — a sea of men. None was rich but each had dressed immaculately in a dark suit with polished ...

Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI are among the elected bishops of Rome who have led the Catholic Church ...

In lieu of saying “Happy Easter” many of our eastern Christian brethren say “Christ is risen; he is risen indeed!” With the ...

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Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg warns 'it is so easy to be wrong' in politics and says the Catholic Church must not undermine the truths ...

THREE weeks ago, we embarked on a journey to study the emphasis of the Gospel of Christ. There’s no consensus in the body of Christ on what the message of Christ to the church is. The Bible is very ...

Christians around the world celebrated the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul said in his ...

When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals’ ...

St. Monica parishioner Cristian Bustos recalls the pope, from his native Argentina, as an "incredibly humble man who touched ...