I’m saying goodbye to a friend, a brother, a father figure. For me, he was family. We were close. He baptized my daughter, he married me,” Adrian Pallarols told The Post.

It's been 43 years since Pope John Paul II visited Manchester, amassing a gigantic crowd at Heaton Park to celebrate Mass.

Here's a look at the well-choreographed transition process and what experts including the Rev. Robin Ryan of the Catholic ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process of picking a new pontiff.

We will continue to bring you the latest updates from the Vatican as tributes pour in from across the world. After the death ...

Centerville priest recalls inspiration he found during high school in Pope Francis. Harwich Catholics recall his love of all creatures, his mercy.

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88, the Vatican announced today. Francis, who was born ...

Photos: Pope Francis visited Philadelphia in September 2015 and held Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway as part of his ...

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory ... Grave sin deprives us of communion with God and therefore makes us incapable of eternal life, the privation of which is called ...

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church ... and then request ecclesiastical communion from the Pope. Major Archbishops are also elected ...