Editor's Note: At 9:30 a.m. this morning Pope Francis presided over the funeral Mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Please find the full text of his homily below. “Father, into your hands I commend my ...

Editor’s Note: On April 26, 2025, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, primary celebrant of Pope Francis’ funeral, offered the following homily as published by the Vatican. In this majestic St. Peter’s ...

Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re calls for care for migrants, an end to wars, and action on global climate change in front of hundreds of world leaders attending the funeral of Pope Francis on ...

‘Enlightened and comforted by faith in the risen Christ, we are gathered around this altar and the body of Cardinal Pell to entrust his soul to God, that he may be received into the immensity of his ...

In this majestic Saint Peter’s Square, where Pope Francis many times celebrated the Eucharist and presided over great ongoing large meetings over these 12 years, but supported by faith, it assures us ...