Towards the end of the Requiem Mass for Pope Francis, an image emerged which seemed to capture the essence of what we’d heard a few ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and the place Pope ...

Even as he adopted the name of Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, he showed his commitment to the Franciscan vows of ...