A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

His intense pastoral life, his countless meetings, were grounded in the long moments of prayer that the Ignatian discipline ...

I turned against God: “Do you see what Your silence causes? It’s because You stay silent that others can say such atrocities in Your name!” This silence is often like that of Holy Saturday.

More than 200,000 people are expected to attend Pope Francis's funeral in St Peter's Square. He will then be buried in Rome's ...

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The Vatican has released the order of service ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in St Peter's Square. The ...

May God welcome his soul, because the pope really cared about us." Seven days of mourning have been declared in Brazil, which is home to the largest Catholic ... "We will have faith in the Holy ...

A joyful celebration for Easter Sunday, broadcast live from the glorious setting of St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol and led by the Rev Laura Verrall-Kelly. Show more A joyful celebration for ...

[I arose, and am still with thee, alleluia: Thou has laid Thine hand upon me, alleluia: Thy knowledge ... for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church. Priest ...

But as we awake on ... After all the Holy Spirit, speaking through the prophets, has told for thousands of years of periods of loss and suffering that end in the fullness of God’s light.