The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem ...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, cardinals prepare for the conclave to elect his successor, amid hopes and concerns about the ...

Pope Francis requested simplicity in his wooden coffin and final resting place​, but his funeral Mass still reflected the ...

BUENOS AIRES - Argentines bid farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday (April 26), holding a massive open-air mass in front of ...

From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always made a point to ...

The Vatican long ago had offered to help facilitate peace talks and Francis had regularly called for peace and dialogue from ...

Catholic News Network Vatican Correspondent Colm Flynn says the funeral of Pope Francis has allowed the world to see the ...

Brother Michael Perry works at Siena College and has known Pope Francis for over 10 years. He travelled to Rome to attended ...

A group of Northern Kentucky high school students who were in Italy when Pope Francis died are now traveling back to the ...

Catholic faithful and admirers of Pope Francis flooded St Peter’s Square and the streets of Rome on Saturday in full force to ...

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