In “a note of accompaniment” to the final document, the pope made clear that Catholic bishops throughout the world are to ...

Pope Francis will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati next year and that the Vatican will host a world ...

Marking the Solemnity of Christ the King and the close of the liturgical year, Pope ... world is “one where the strong triumph over the weak,” Francis explained, “Jesus’ world, indeed, is ...

Pope Francis announced this week that he intends on having a much more simple funeral than those of his predecessors at the ...

Carlo Acutis, born to Italian parents in London, was a talented web designer who died from leukemia in Italy at just 15 years ...

Focusing again on the fundamental Christian beliefs outlined by the Council of Nicaea almost 1,700 years ago can help ...

Pope Francis also established a new papal committee for World Children’s Day and named Father Fortunato ... become more “like ...

Pope Francis has approved new rites for his own funeral for when he dies to simplify rituals and be buried outside the Vatican.

Advertising Ravelli said the new reform simplifies the funeral rites, including eliminating the requirement that the pope be ... man of this world.” Since his 2013 election, Francis has eschewed ...

Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify "spiritual abuse" as a new crime in ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that ... Ravelli told L’Osservatore Romano that the new reform simplifies the funeral rites, including eliminating the requirement ...