Dr. Sergio Alfieri coordinated Francis' five-week hospital treatment for double pneumonia and continued to oversee the pope's ...

President Trump’s presence at the Vatican funeral marks a rare moment of reverence amid a complex relationship with the late ...

Francis' 12-year reign saw small steps advancing women in the church. We may not know for years what the aims of a new papacy will be.

Pope Francis was a pastor, first and foremost, and a good pastor teaches. Any pope's most enduring legacy is the body of ...

More than 61,000 people have visited the basilica so far to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who died April 21.

Durante una vigilia de Semana Santa, hermanas y grupos católicos se unieron, cerca de la Casa Blanca, a un evento ...

When a pope had the audacity to name himself after St. Francis — a man of peace, simplicity and creation — I began to dream then of an environmental encyclical.

The body of Pope Francis is now lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica. The pontiff’s mortal remains, lying in an open wooden ...

Maria Bambina Sr. Susana Vanni says Argentina's divisions, then Pope Francis' health, likely tilted against the longed-for ...

Francis' devotion to San Lorenzo de Almagro isn't just a nostalgic footnote — it's a window into the soul of a pope who knew ...

Ines San Martin is an Argentine journalist writing for OSV News from Rome. She is vice president of communications at the ...

The history of this church is rooted in the role of Mary as the Mother of God. Its story begins with a fourth-century legend.