After a series of closures by the Chicago Archdiocese, Christ Our Savior Church in South Holland has bragging rights as Pope ...

First American pontiff Robert Prevost takes Catholic Church helm amid increasing global turmoil - The 69-year-old former ...

By Anne Marie Amacher The Catholic Messenger The St. Katherine Drexel route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage will make ...

Still, one thing is clear: Francis profoundly shook up the Catholic Church. Perhaps more than ... the spirit of his pontificate' with Sacred Heart encyclical Yes, in the final months of his ...

Further reading: Simpler funeral plans reflect Pope Francis’ vision for the church By Wednesday morning ... Francis,” expressing hope that this sacred ritual would “strengthen our faith ...

A man is facing charges for allegedly setting off an explosive on the altar of a Schuylkill County church, causing thousands ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

Most people think the Pope's church is St. Peter's Basilica. But as the Bishop of Rome, his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran.

The prelate celebrated, and delivered the homily at, the second-to-last Mass held in mourning for the Holy Father, who passed ...

Local Catholics continued to remember and honor Pope Francis on Friday evening at a special mass held at Sacred Heart church ...

By Friday morning, more than 128,000 mourners had filed past Francis's open coffin placed in front of the main altar of St Peter ... ranked members of the Catholic Church. Below we look at ...