ROME — Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, the Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor, has died in Buenos Aires at age 98, the Vatican said Wednesday. Dri, a Capuchin friar, died ...

Pope Francis, like his namesake St. Francis of Assisi, was a stand-up guy. His death at age 88 is grieved not only by Catholics but by people of every religion and no religion, who recognize an ...

The Pope had battled double pneumonia and was confined to a hospital in Rome in recent months. Still, news of his death shook the world, and the Coastal Bend Roman Catholic community mourned and ...

When Pope Francis visited D.C. in 2015, he made a stop at Catholic Charities to talk about the importance of helping those less fortunate. “He’s a complete role model to me,” said Monsignor John ...

FILE - Pope Francis celebrates a mass Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024 in Ajaccio on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, file) ROME (AP) — Cardinal Luis Pascual ...