On the morning of the Resurrection, Mary Magdalene and other women were the first to arrive at the tomb and the first to witness the risen Christ (see John 20:11-18 and Matthew 28:1-10 ).

Saturday’s funeral will kick off the traditional Novendiales, nine consecutive days of mourning for the suffrage of the late ...

Everything changed, all expectations were reversed; everything they believed about life and death had to be reevaluated.

They have seen and engaged with the risen Christ, they believe, and now they are boldly carrying out his mission. By contrast ...

Although Francis did not change doctrine, he was revolutionary in every other way. The stylistic change was immediately ...

The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for the Second Sunday in Easter is John 20.19–31, which includes Jesus' encounter with ...

Although a papal funeral has traditionally been an elaborate affair, Pope Francis approved plans to make it less complex ...

For six days in September, 2015, Pope Francis made a historic visit to the United States, visiting some of the country's biggest cities and speaking to massive crowds of the faithful along the way.

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church and a pontiff who charmed the world with his humble ...

US President John F. Kennedy's grandson Jack Schlossberg has been criticised on social media after claiming current Vice ...

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois issued the following statement in response to the death ...