For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle (R) attends a rosary prayer next to a portrait of late Pope Francis at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome on April 24, 2025. The Vatican on April 24 said ...

Pope Leo XIV’s profile is among the most viewed pages on the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia and was one of the most searched ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sophia A. Nelson covers EIQ, Culture, DEI, Politics, & Lifestyle. The world has lost a true shepherd, a pastor, a priest, a true ...

In light of Pope Francis’ death on April 21, Catholic authorities are preparing the much-anticipated process to decide upon his successor. However, many people are wondering about a more burning ...

Editor’s Note: On April 26, 2025, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, primary celebrant of Pope Francis’ funeral, offered the following homily. The official transcript is reprinted here with permission. In ...

The pope was formally pronounced dead by the cardinal camerlengo — currently Irish-born American Kevin Farrell — who is one of the most important Vatican officials during the interregnum period.

The chapel next to where Francis was being buried is home to a Byzantine-style icon of the Madonna, the Salus Populi Romani. Francis was particularly devoted, and reportedly would pray before the icon ...

Pope Francis will be laid to rest on Saturday as scores of world leaders, church officials and mourners look on. Francis' funeral comes six days after Francis died of a stroke and heart failure at age ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, about four weeks after he was released from the hospital following an extended battle with r espiratory ailments. While the Vatican did not immediately specify an ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb inside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome a day after he was bade farewell. A single white ...

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts. Pope Francis died in April, ...