For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

while the funeral of Pope John Paul II happened six days afterward. One exception was the funeral of Pope Pius VI, who was pontiff from 1775 to 1799. He died in captivity in Valence, France ...

More than a dozen other Jewish leaders from around the world are expected to attend Pope Leo's inaugural mass on Sunday.

The tomb of Pope Paul VI lies in the extensive system of vaults ... No surprise, then, that Francis’s arrangements for his own funeral broke the mold. He wanted his departure from the Vatican ...

At a sidewalk café and wine bar on Via dei Penitenzieri near St. Peter’s Square last month—the day before the funeral for Pope ... day of the synod in the Paul VI Audience Hall, a venue ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Leo XIV has told the world's Jewish communities he wants to strengthen the Roman Catholic Church’s dialogue with them, in a message coming after a souring of relations ...