A Funeral Mass for Nicholas Berte, 85, of Algona will be held Wednesday at 11AM at the Divine Mercy Parish St. Cecelia Catholic Church in Algona. A visitation will be held Tuesday from 4-7 PM at ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary ...

As the Church prepares for a conclave to elect a new pope, tens of thousands of young pilgrims who traveled to Rome for the ...

Hundreds of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday (April 27), a day after Pope Francis' funeral, for another ceremony to honor him on the second of nine official days of mourning for the ...

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin Sunday said the overwhelming love of Pope Francis must not be a flash of momentary emotion, ...

Pope Francis was honored with a funeral Mass Saturday morning in the Vatican City's St. Peter's Square. These are some of the ...

Pope Francis' possible successor, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, held special Mass in St. Peter's Square. Francis' tomb opened to ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, better known as Pope Francis, called on the Catholic conscience more than any pope since John XXIII.

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Francis was a good man trying to do good things. He was a man who I firmly believe was following the lead of the Holy Spirit ...

Francis, who took his name after Saint Francis of Assisi, was known for his outreach to the poor and those in poverty and ...

The ceremonies and rituals, many of them ancient, following the death of Pope Francis evoke the sensory allure of the Roman ...