Seven Catholic cardinals and 123 Catholic bishops died within the last 12 months. Six U.S. bishops were among the deceased ...

The deceased cardinals and bishops "loved the church -- each in his own way, but they all loved the church," the pope said.

Pope Francis has paid his respects on Saturday to the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery which ...

Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of miscarried babies on the feast of All Souls before concelebrating Mass ...

Upon arrival, Francis laid white roses on a memorial stone marking the Garden of Angels and silently prayed for several ...

The 34-foot white cross towered over the main altar during the saintly pope’s 1979 visit to Philadelphia and later over St.

Following the example of a group of British cultural icons, a group of American "Catholics and non-Catholics" and prominent ...

Pope Francis was raised in the city’s middle-class Flores neighborhood from the mid-1930s through the ’50s, a time period ...

ANALYSIS: Here are four important takeaways from the bishops’ most recent gathering in ‘America’s Premier See.’ ...

Pope Francis celebrated a Mass for deceased cardinals and bishops in St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday morning, saying they were “shepherds and models for the Lord’s flock” who loved the ...

Ahead of the Mass, he stopped for a silent prayer at the graves of children who were never born, an area guarded by two marble statues of angels. The pope laid a bouquet of white roses in front of ...