The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

I’ve found myself having trouble writing about Pope Francis since his death but I feel I should. It has been hard because I ...

Pope Francis had a special devotion to the Marian icon, Salus Populi Romani (Salvation or Health of the Roman People), which is located in the Roman Basilica of St. Mary Major. Even before becoming ...

Angels flank the old crucifix at Precious Blood Church in Cloverdale, B.C., chalices held high to catch the blood and water from Christ’s side.

Even in the last years of his life, despite significant health problems, Pope Francis was seen in a wheelchair praying in ...

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

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

Pope Francis asked to be buried in St. Mary Major, close to the most important icon of Mary, the Salus Populi Romani.

Pope Francis to be buried in Saint Mary Major church, not Saint Peter's basilica, in a break with tradition and sign of humility.

Without an experience of the resurrection in their lives, the signs worked by St. Francis of Assisi and others couldn't have ...

In the final stage of his earthly journey, Pope Francis Saturday was entombed in the papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major as a ...

The Holy Week naturally gives people who commemorate it some room to reflect on life and to think of subjects associated with ...