Under crystal-clear skies in the shadow of St. Peter’s Basilica, the nearly two-hour requiem Mass was ... The final honor ...

Photo: Francisco Seco/AP View of the main balcony of the St Peter's Basilica prior to the beginning ... Hana/AP Considered an invasive species, Egyptian geese are native to the upper Nile valley ...

Tributes to Pope Francis instantly poured in from around the world — from presidents to people of all walks of life — on Monday after the Vatican announced the pontiff's death at 88.

Catholic college in India fights back against allegations of conversion, discrimination St. Dominic Savio College ... For the first time, Egyptian Catholics joined Pope Francis’ global ...

Pope Francis’s burial outside of the Vatican would mark the first departure from the tradition in over a century. Pope Leo XIII, who was buried in Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran in 1903 ...

The late pontiff died at the age of 88 after going through a severe bout of penumonia. In his last Easter address on Sunday, he called for freedom of thought and tolerance.

“The translation of the Holy Father’s mortal remains to the Vatican Basilica, for the veneration ... His legacy has left an indelible mark on Nigeria where he strengthened the church by ...

St. Mark the Evangelist converted some Jews in Alexandria, the great Greco-Roman city on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. (The name Copt derives from the Arabic word Qubt, meaning Egyptian.) ...

With warmer days on the horizon, May might be your last chance to nab a cheap holiday deal before the summer price hikes. And ...