Kielce Gussie, a U.S. journalist who works for Vatican News, gave the first reading at the funeral of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis' 12-year papacy was dedicated to highlighting equality in the Catholic Church and informing on the state of ...

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled to mark the end of the funeral Mass in Vatican City, where mourners joined in a ...

Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Vatican for Francis' funeral for a historic moment for the Catholic Church—and the ...

The honor of delivering the first reading at Pope Francis’ funeral Mass on Saturday fell to Kielce Gussie, an American who ...

Pope Francis’ funeral will be a moment when different factions from around the world, perhaps frustratingly, may have to ...

In a solemn and majestic funeral that ended moments ago, the Roman Catholic Church laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South ...

Priests and other celebrants distribute the Holy Communion – the bread and wine, representing the body and blood of Christ – ...

The dean of students at Xaverian Brothers in Westwood is among the mourners at the Vatican paying respect to Pope Francis.

From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always made a point to ...

Pope Francis always placed the Gospel of mercy at the center, repeatedly emphasizing that God never tires of forgiving us. He ...

Under the bright Roman sun and amid crowds extending down the Via della Conciliazione, the funeral Mass unfolded within the ...