Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, OFM Conv, presided at the Mass on the fourth day of the Novendiales, the Church’s nine days of mourning for Pope Francis.
Daniel Ibañez, CNA and EWTN News Vatican photographer, remembers his phone ringing on an ordinary weekday morning in December 2018.
The video, shared by the Italian weekly magazine Oggi, was made public one day after the funeral Mass of Pope Francis, who died at the Vatican on April 21.
The pope’s burial site, at his request, is the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of the four papal basilicas in Rome. He joins seven other popes buried there.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the camerlengo, presided over the rite of the closing and sealing of the coffin.
Father Arturo Sosa, SJ, superior general of the Society of Jesus, reflected on the first Jesuit pope in a press conference on Thursday,
The rite began in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, where Francis lived for the 12 years of his pontificate and where he was placed in a simple, zinc-lined coffin on April 21.
The photos show the pope dressed in red vestments and lying in a simple wooden coffin inside the chapel of the Santa Marta guesthouse.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell is a key figure in the papal succession because of his appointment in 2019 as the camerlengo of the apostolic chamber.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell presided over the rite in the chapel of Pope Francis’ Vatican residence, the Casa Santa Marta, just a little over 12 hours after the pontiff’s death.
The Holy See on Monday evening released the death certificate detailing the cause of death of Pope Francis, who died in his Vatican apartment at 7:35 a.m. on April 21.
In the Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis, the process is divided into three steps, called “stations.”
Dutch flowers adorn St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday. Here’s how the 37-year tradition was saved in 2022.
Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same date in 2025.
Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, in his homily emphasized the importance of self-gift over self-reliance and on surrender of one’s life and suffering to God.
On his trip, Vance — who is a convert to Catholicism — will also be visiting cultural and religious sites and meet with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state.
It has not yet been decided who will celebrate the Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday evening and the Easter Sunday Mass, Holy See spokesperson Matteo Bruni said Tuesday.
On Palm Sunday, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, called on Christians in the Holy Land to “hope against all hope” during a difficult time.
Archbishop Joseph Naumann is retiring after turning 75 in June 2024 and after 20 years at the helm of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas.
Washing feet, with its deep spiritual symbolism, is one of several ways Catholics in Rome are welcoming the many pilgrims taking part in the Jubilee of Hope in 2025.