Pope Francis, history’s first pope from the global south and a maverick who often delighted the world, died on April 21 after fighting pulmonary disease for the last few months.

Pope Francis, history's first pope from the global south and a maverick who often delighted the world, died on April 21 at age 88.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa emphasized that Christ's resurrection was not just a celebration of life conquering death, ...

The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the ...

"We are an Easter People and Alleluia is our song!" St. John Paul II famously proclaimed, and we are so because of that ...

"In the risen Jesus," Pope Francis said, "we have the certainty that our personal history and that of our human family ...

Against the backdrop of deep differences with the Trump administration over migration and foreign aid as well as concerns for ...

St. Gianna "is a powerful patron for pregnant and parenting mothers," says the text for the first day of the novena.

Vigil on April 19, parishes across the U.S. will welcome thousands of new Catholics -- and this year, numbers are notably on ...

Rice Bowl combines the traditional Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving to provide humanitarian aid, spiritual ...

The Good Friday service was presided over by Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for Eastern Churches, and ...

"Your way, Jesus, is the way of the Beatitudes. It does not crush, but cultivates, repairs and protects," the pope wrote for ...