Centuries of experience dealing with the death, or occasional resignation, of a pope has left the Catholic Church with ...

The Diocese of Rockford is again setting aside a day specifically for confession so Catholics can prepare their souls for the hope and joy of Easter. This year, “Be Reconciled Day” will be ...

The funeral and burial of a pope who dies in office should take place “between the fourth and sixth day after death,” the ...

Every Holy Week, streets across the Philippines transform into open-air stages for one of the country’s most unique and ...

The seven Roman churches in the pilgrimage include the four papal basilicas: St. Peter’s Basilica, the Basilica of St. John ...

Pope Francis, whose ministry was shaped in the barrios of Buenos Aires, had a genius for the punchy and memorable turn of ...

Easter –– brings thoughts of new life, springtime, of freshness, of the Resurrection. This is not only a day –– not only a ...

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor, ...

A few weeks prior, the group had also spent all night in adoration at a different church as Pope Benedict XVI was ending his papacy and preparing to leave the Vatican to fly by helicopter to the ...