Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill reflects on Pope Francis' funeral and how traditional customs have faded over time.

True discipleship is not measured by the creeds Christians recite or the theology they know, but by how deeply they love, a ...

The death of Pope Francis on April 21 at the age of 88 has led to American televangelist Joel Osteen getting called out for ...

They were what any of us might wear — and, like most of his clothes, they showed a preference for humility and simplicity.

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, passed away on April 21, 2025-Easter Monday-at 88 from a cerebral stroke. The ...

My heart aches for a world without Pope Francis. His death on April 21 at 88 was inevitable, yet it is still shocking and ...

Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. Many world leaders are expected to attend his funeral in Vatican City, including ...

It's very beautiful that he's going back, having concluded his ministry, to the place where it began," Father Patrick Briscoe ...

Standing in front of the nave filled with people at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Southeast Portland, the Rev. James ...

After similar outreach to Sunnis, the pontiff's 2021 meeting with Shia's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani transcended ...

He was on the side of the people that really didn't have a lot of power in this world," Fr. Patrick Cahill said of Pope ...

"The world has lost a leader who gave so many of us hope. Pope Francis was widely respected for his compassion, realness, and inspiration, which made him a global figure of belief, faith, optimism, ...