Francis resonates with young Catholics After St. John Paul II died in 2005, the mood was different. The faithful made pilgrimages from his Polish homeland and elsewhere to mourn a towering figure ...

First Minister John Swinney will attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome on Saturday. In a statement, Mr Swinney said: “His Holiness Pope Francis was a voice for peace, tolerance and ...

While only 16 years younger than Francis, she considered him a grandfather figure. Every morning, she would log on to Facebook for his daily greeting, and respond “with a couple of words.” ...

Her chic ensemble featured a figure-hugging design and several distressed cut-out panels at the front. She further accessorised her look with a pair of sheer black gloves, a statement diamond ...

the pope was not a distant religious figure in a faraway country, but a daily presence. “He truly became a member of the congregation,” Romanelli said. Francis’ phone calls, which began ...

To his family, Pope Francis was simply "Jorge Mario" - even during the 12 years that he was pontiff. "When Jorge decided to accept the papacy, he understood his life as he knew it would change ...

VATICAN CITY - Thousands of people poured into St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state for three days ahead of his funeral on ...

Pope Francis had a learning curve on clergy sexual abuse, with the turning point coming in 2018 VATICAN CITY -- Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to ...

Mourners for Pope Francis flocked to the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on Tuesday night for a mass given by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, a friend and colleague who was appointed ...

April 23 (UPI) --Mourners began filing past the open coffin of the late Pope Francis inside St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday as a three-day period of lying in state got underway in the Vatican.

On Easter Sunday morning, social media posters happily confirmed that Pope Francis had declined a meeting ... a reminder of another senior Catholic figure who died recently. I first met Bishop ...

LOS ANGELES - Pope Francis’ decision to simplify his funeral ... the pope’s dual role as both spiritual shepherd and global figure. In death, the symbolism conveyed a deep reverence ...