Edward Town of St. Denis Parish in Havertown looks forward to his day of priestly ordination, May 17, as one of joy. He’s ...

Catholics and non-Catholics alike—throughout the world, however imperfectly, in the way the pope does. The world needs the ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. There has never ...

The rite confirming Pope Francis' death and the placement of his body in the coffin took place last night at the Chapel of ...

Even as pope, Francis would keep in his prayer book a letter she wrote him at his ordination ... Karcher knelt to kiss the papal ring. Francis demurred, casually inviting the incredulous ...

Who leads the Church and the Vatican when its head cannot perform his duties or dies? Such a person has already been chosen. It is Cardinal Kevin Farrell from Ireland. This experienced hierarch, ...

He also wore a £17 Casio watch, and preferred a handshake instead of people greeting him with the traditional kiss to his papal ring ... should be ordained as deacons – but later ruled out ...