Pope Francis on Sunday blessed tens of thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for Easter Mass, his weak, raspy voice a reminder of his frailty less than a month after being ...

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88 following a long health battle, the Vatican announced. On the day before his death, Pope Francis oversaw the Easter service, one of the holiest days ...

A convalescing Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to celebrate Easter services on Sunday, as a cheering and emotional crowd of thousands gathered at the Vatican's St ...

The “Mass for the Care of Creation,” inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, has prayers and Mass readings designed ...

The 88-year-old pope delegated the reading of the Easter Mass to a cardinal. Francis is recovering from double pneumonia, which left him fighting for his life in the hospital for a month.

The debate in the Catholic Church over the celebration of the old Latin Mass is heating up just as Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate ...

Pope Francis is expected to attend the Easter Mass at St. Tens of thousands of Catholic Church followers are expected to crowd into the square to mark Easter Sunday, the highlight of the Christian ...

Priests can now celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new formulary of prayers and ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88 following a long health battle, the Vatican announced. On the day before his death, Pope Francis oversaw the Easter service, one of the holiest days ...

ROME — A convalescing Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to celebrate Easter services on Sunday, as a cheering and emotional crowd of thousands gathered at the ...