The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral ...

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, ...

Pope Francis, who sought to be a bridge maker as he led the Catholic Church in a time of deep polarization, died at 7:35 a.m.

The voting process is kept secret but will take place with the eyes of the world on the Vatican and amid intense scrutiny of ...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla were joined by other members of the Royal Family at the service in Windsor.

Thirteen already baptized people were received into full communion with the Catholic Church, receiving the sacraments of Confirmation and Communion. And four Catholics completed their Sacraments of ...

His homily at the Easter Vigil was read by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals. The vigil began in the atrium of the basilica with the blessing of the fire and lighting of ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception holds an Easter vigil ahead of Sunday morning's Easter service.

Candlelight illuminated St. Peter’s Basilica during the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday ... Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. A graduate of Harvard University ...

the Vatican had not said how the traditional Easter blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) would be handled. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re baptizes a man at the Easter Vigil.

Catholics gather for Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday, April 19, 2025 (photo: Zosia Czubak / EWTN) Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican April 19, 2025 Candlelight illuminated St. Peter ...