The deceased cardinals and bishops "loved the church -- each in his own way, but they all loved the church," the pope said.

Dec. 8 is typically a holy day of obligation celebrating the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, but this year the feast ...

In a letter to the editor published Oct. 21, Father Gerald J. Bednar wrote that the Vatican “suppressed this practice in 1964 ...

The issue of women deacons had been a major theme of the current Vatican synod on how to make the Catholic Church more ...

For All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2, Francis will continue his custom of holding a Mass in a local cemetery to pray for the dead, ...

Upon arrival, Francis laid white roses on a memorial stone marking the Garden of Angels and silently prayed for several ...

The gathering, which included cardinals, bishops and lay people from more than 110 countries, also did not take a stand on ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican has confirmed that plans remain ... spend the rest of the week in Belgium, ending with a Mass in Brussels on Sunday. The 87-year-old pope, who has been using a wheelchair ...