La Croix’s permanent special correspondent in Rome explores growing speculation about the future sainthood of Pope Francis, ...

Pope Francis will be laid to rest April 26 at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major, in keeping with his final wishes. The decision breaks a 300-year tradition of papal burials at St. Peter’s Basilica in ...

Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21 at age 88, once admitted he disliked travel. Yet, he visited over 70 countries, shaping a vision of the church as a polyhedron—a symbol he cherished.

History will remember his papacy for significantly enriching the church’s social thought. Pope Francis reinvigorated its approach to awaken consciences against tragedies and injustices that ...

A newly baptized woman is anointed during the Easter Vigil at Notre-Dame de la Gare (Paris) on March 30, 2024. (Photo: Corinne Simon-Hans Lucas/La Croix) For several years now, the wave has ...

Tired, the pope did not come at first to St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday. As the Mass in front of the basilica ended a little before noon, he spoke privately with the U.S. Vice President JD ...

Pope Francis looks out onto the central balcony for Holy Mass on Easter Sunday and “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome, April 21, 2025. (Photo by IPA Agency/Maxppp) Last ...

Coptic monk Matta El Maskine became known as one of the key figures in the renewal of the Coptic Orthodox Church and the restorer of the iconic Monastery of Saint Macarius. (Image by Kristelle ...

News shakes us. That’s nothing new, but today it can feel overwhelming—unless we’ve already checked out to protect ourselves. The whiplash of U.S. policy shifts, geopolitical chaos in ...

More than 25 years after the beginning of the investigation for his beatification, the path to sainthood has been opened for him. A fervent Christian who led an ascetic life, the architect Antoni ...

Signs of the times. As the Vatican prepares for a new pope, Francis' last meeting with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance ...

Sylvaine Landrivon, a Catholic theologian and feminist, reflects on the late pope’s vision of women and the space he carved out for them in the church. What emerges is a paradoxical legacy, marked by ...