Fr. Chris Podhajsky of St. Francis Xavier Basilica told KWWL, "Eventually, no Pope is there forever. And so, pray for Pope Francis, pray for the Church and pray for the Holy Spirit." Pope Francis ...

Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, on April 7, 1506. Francis Xavier, a Basque nobleman, left his home at the age of 19 to study at the University of Paris. There he met Saint ...

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

Every year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, a tradition that dates back more ...

The Vatican hopes to have information later Wednesday about the results of a CT scan taken Tuesday evening to check on the ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

Catholics from across Argentina have flocked to churches to pray for the recovery of native son Pope Francis, the first Latin ...

Pope Francis is “sitting in an armchair today and continuing with his treatment” for pneumonia, a Vatican source said Wednesday. In a medical update later in the day, the Vatican said the 88 ...

Her younger sister is St. Thérèse of Lisieux, her parents, Louis and Zelie, are saints, and her older sister, Leone Martin (Sister Francoise-Thérèse of the Visitation at Caen), is a Servant of God.