Whitson co-directs the Duke & UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, a collaboration of investigators from Duke and the ...

It's very beautiful that he's going back, having concluded his ministry, to the place where it began," Father Patrick Briscoe ...

Pope Francis, the pontiff whose acts of love and humility rippled through his papacy, was laid to rest in a service he ...

As Pope Francis is laid to rest in St. Peter's Square, millions of Catholics and non-Catholics alike are expected to tune in to watch the celebration of his life on Saturday. The 88-year-old pope died ...

Traditionally, di remains of di Pope go don dey enclosed a day before di funeral inside three nested coffins, made of cypress ...

In theology class, we are all taught that humanity as a whole is made ‘in the image and likeness of God’ as referenced in Genesis 1:26. Yet, women cannot be ordained in the Catholic Church, despite ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will be simpler than those of previous popes, following instructions he set out himself. But as a ...

In 2023, Pope Francis announced that he would be buried at St. Mary Major; his tomb has been prepared near the Salus Populi Romani icon. While most popes are buried at St. Peter’s in the Vatican, Pope ...

Of the many devotions Pope Francis promoted during his pontificate, perhaps none is better known than his devotion to Our ...

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

People remembering the late pope described him as "unique" and spoke of his "compassion and bravery". In Belfast, Lord Mayor ...

Rome is always teeming, and Easter usually kicks off the long tourist season. Up to 250,000 are expected to attend the Pope's ...