Then-Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory leads a special liturgy in renewing the consecration of the U.S. to the care of ...

When a pope dies or resigns, the Catholic Church follows an ancient, secretive process called the conclave to elect his ...

Pope Francis had a special devotion to the Marian icon, Salus Populi Romani (Salvation or Health of the Roman People), which ...

Standing alongside the icon of Mary that Francis often visited in that basilica during his pontificate, the cardinal prayed ...

Francis choreographed the funeral himself when he revised and simplified the Vatican’s rites and rituals last year.

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The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather ...

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The image — emblazoned with ‘Jesus, I Trust in You’ — is known the world over as the Divine Mercy image that was entrusted to ...

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect ...