Jane Tomaszewski was thinking about becoming a Catholic when she learned an unusual fact about herself. She’s the direct ...

On Holy Saturday night at the Cathedral, Archbishop Nelson Pérez welcomed into the Catholic Church some of the 725 adults ...

After the Vatican announced the pontiff’s death, the news reverberated across the Chicago area, Naperville included.

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Francis' death set off the process of allowing the faithful to pay their final respects, first for Vatican officials in the ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...

The voting process is kept secret but will take place with the eyes of the world on the Vatican and amid intense scrutiny of the Catholic Church ... a large funeral Mass will take place ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...

At Mar-a-Lago was Eduardo Verastegui, a fervent Catholic activist and a former Mexican ... Catholics in same-sex relationships. A ‘Latin Mass’ service in Kansas. The Latin-only mass was ...

The dean of the College of Cardinals summons the cardinals for the funeral, presiding at the Mass before the conclave ... of events that include the confirmation of death in the pontiff’s ...

Pope Francis' funeral has been scheduled for 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. Eastern) on Saturday in front of St. Peter's Basilica ...