Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, the first pontiff, and are not a reference to ...

Hungarian Cardinal Péter Erdö, 72, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, celebrated Mass at his church of Santa Maria Nuova, also known as the Basilica of Santa Francesca Romana, in the Roman Forum. The ...

The paragraph describes the destruction of the "city of seven hills" (presumably Rome ... Francis also doesn't really fit the "Peter the Roman" description. Some believe that because St. Francis ...

ROME — At Masses in ... of the last three popes – St. John Paul II’s “world-changing” geopolitical impacts, Benedict XVI’s scholarship, and Francis’ pastoral care.

The 88-year-old head of the Roman Catholic Church was recently discharged from Rome's Gemelli ... He chose Francis as his papal name in honour of Saint Francis of Assisi. President Droupadi ...

St. Frances was born into a noble Roman family in the year 1384 ... After the plague swept through Rome and left one of Frances' children dead, she began to turn again to charitable work. Frances gave ...

Hungarian Cardinal Péter Erdö, 72, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, celebrated Mass at his church of Santa Maria Nuova, also known as the Basilica of Santa Francesca Romana, in the Roman Forum. The ...

Pope Francis’ instructive choice of name reflects his commitment to addressing inequality, paying homage to Saint Francis of ... the poor resonated with many Roman Catholic priests, who often ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...