Tag: Pope Francis death

VATICAN CITY  -- After the casket bearing Pope Francis' body was placed in St. Peter's Basilica, tens of thousands of mourners lined up to...

Local Catholics expressed sorrow about the death of Pope Francis and hoped that his successor would follow a similar path. The pope, who was...

ROME -- Before he was Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas, he was Jorge Mario Bergoglio -- a kid from Buenos Aires...

VATICAN CITY -- To the chanting of Christ's promise, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies,...

Father Michael Darcy and a group of travelers had every intention of departing the Diocese of Wilmington April 21 and heading to Rome for...

Before he was known for anything else, Pope Francis was known as "the first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years." As we absorb the news...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' final moments were peaceful, and he managed to give one last farewell to his nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti, before slipping...

VATICAN CITY -- The funeral Mass of Pope Francis will be celebrated April 26 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re,...

Bishop William E. Koenig, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, has released the following statement on the occasion of the death of...

As the world absorbs the news of the death of Pope Francis -- and before the ever-busy oddsmakers and deep insiders begin the game...