Growing old isn’t something to be feared, but rather something to embrace as a time of grace in one’s life, Pope Francis wrote in a preface for a book that was not released before he died.

In this special Inside the Vatican roundtable, recorded the day after the pope’s death, hosts Gerard O’Connell and Colleen ...

For many Catholics older than me, Francis represented a cultural shift from previous pontificates. As a Gen-Z Catholic, ...

The circumstances differ, but I do empathize with the disciples in today’s Gospel reading. Jesus stands in the midst of them, but they are unsure, afraid they are looking at a ghost. Their hearts are ...

Pope Francis’ final moments were peaceful, and he managed to give one last farewell to his nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti, ...

In Africa, a person of Pope Francis’ moral caliber and spiritual substance holds the coveted designation of “ancestor,” whose ...

Although overtly campaigning to be pope is discouraged and would be counterproductive, the cardinals do a lot of politicking ...

They have seen and engaged with the risen Christ, they believe, and now they are boldly carrying out his mission. By contrast ...

In today’s Gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples as they are out on the boat, after a frustrating and empty night of fishing ...

He peppered his homilies, talks and even encyclicals with literary references from Dostoyevsky, Proust, Hopkins, Dante and ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who served as Pope Francis' secretary of state, stands by the pope's coffin in the chapel of his ...

Pope Francis died April 21 after suffering a stroke and heart attack, said the director of Vatican City State’s department of ...