Ines San Martin is an Argentine journalist writing for OSV News from Rome. She is vice president of communications at the ...

The history of this church is rooted in the role of Mary as the Mother of God. Its story begins with a fourth-century legend.

"Some say he did not do enough; others criticize him for even meeting with people like me," said one transgender Catholic.

Francis' devotion to San Lorenzo de Almagro isn't just a nostalgic footnote — it's a window into the soul of a pope who knew what it meant to love fiercely, hope deeply and stay loyal — win or lose.

The body of Pope Francis is now lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica. The pontiff’s mortal remains, lying in an open wooden ...

ROME — Pope Francis' funeral Mass will take place on Saturday, April 26 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced. Scores ...

Pope Francis' funeral rites, like those for any pope or any Christian, are meant to "reinforce the hope and witness to the faith" that those who have been baptized in Christ "will rise with him to ...

We need the moral courage that Francis exemplified — a willingness to speak truth to power and to call for radical ...

Tens of thousands of people planned to be at the Vatican this week for the canonization of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial ...

With the death of Pope Francis, the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, which was scheduled for April 27, has been ...

Lay Catholics in the U.S. reflected on Pope Francis' legacy as a pastor who sought out those on the peripheries and tried to ...

Pope Francis was a pastor, first and foremost, and a good pastor teaches. Any pope's most enduring legacy is the body of ...