Pope Francis died April 21 after suffering a stroke and heart attack, said the director of Vatican City State's department of ...

In his efforts to promote a holistic defense of human life, Pope Francis frequently denounced a "throwaway culture" where ...

Over the course of his pontificate, Pope Francis held up two recurring images: the good shepherd who looks for the lost sheep ...

From the moment he took the helm of the Catholic Church's sprawling hierarchy, Pope Francis positioned himself as a pastor ...

Learning of the April 21 death of Pope Francis, Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said he planned to celebrate Mass for the repose of the soul of the pope at noon ...

While priests have a few different options for how they greet people at the beginning of Mass, the bishop has only one ...

Easter –– brings thoughts of new life, springtime, of freshness, of the Resurrection. This is not only a day –– not only a ...

The Triduum, the three days from Good Friday to Easter Sunday, is like one big liturgy, Bishop Michael Izen said. It also ...

In a joyful moment after the rosary on St. Bernadette Soubirous' feast day April 16 at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ...

Prior to the beginning of Lent, I celebrated the funeral of Jenny Wiederholt-Pine.  Wiederholt-Pine was 44 years old, a wife ...

We’ve been looking at the way the kingdom of God that Jesus proclaimed was the development of perhaps the central theme of ...

During Holy Week, we draw near to Christ, remembering his final battle with sin and Satan on our behalf. No one had the power ...