Pope Leo XIV will be inaugurated as pontiff at a Mass in St Peter's Square. The service will mark the official start of his ...

Two firefighters suffered minor injuries. There was no Holy Saturday Mass scheduled, but church members were there earlier in the afternoon preparing for Easter Sunday. The pews would have been ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff for the Roman Catholic Church, will celebrate his inaugural mass on Sunday, ...

Crucifixes are unveiled after the Good Friday ceremonies and all other images just before the Easter vigil Mass on Holy Saturday. On Holy Thursday, the Catholic Church celebrates a special Mass of ...

"It's been an unbelievable week, obviously, for all of us," said Mark Duffey, who was ordained as a deacon at St. Thomas of Villanova Parish in Palatine.

On Saturday starting 5:15 p.m., Holy Name Cathedral hosted a Mass to commemorate the life of Pope Francis. Parishioners also paid their respects as their 9 a.m. Saturday Mass got underway.

Parishioners continued their prayers for the Holy Father during Saturday morning Mass. "How fortunate we were that he was a part of our lifetime. We had Pope Francis to be a role model for us ...