The deceased pope will be dressed in his simple white cassock and red vestments, then placed in a simple wooden coffin. This ...

"Though still a virgin she carried ... both flesh and spirit....both of Mary and of God." St. Ignatius of Antioch, "Epistle To The Ephesians," c. 105 A.D. "[Jesus] became man by the Virgin so ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria ...

Understanding how Divine Mercy fulfills, rather than replaces, the Sacred Heart message.

At All Saints Shrine, there are first-class relics of Teresa of ávila, Thomas More, John Fisher, Padre Pio and Pope Pius X, ...

The funeral Mass will likely be celebrated inside St Peter’s, because of the late winter weather, and there is also the ...

The basilica contains the Salus Populi Romani, a celebrated oil painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary and baby Jesus, a favoured point of veneration in the church of Pope Francis. Pope Francis made more ...

The 88-year-old beloved Pontiff died Monday after a lengthy battle with double pneumonia. He died of heart failure and a ...

Pope Francis made a lasting impression on John Graveline when Graveline and his wife, Wendy, were in attendance to hear the ...

In Hattiesburg, both Catholics and non-Catholics mourned the loss of Pope Francis on the morning after Easter.