Saint Benedict’s Monastery plans to hold a joint prayer service with the College of St. Benedict to remember the pope. Catholics in St. Cloud are among many worldwide mourning the loss of Pope ...

“We maintain an atmosphere of silence, both during work and prayer, while there are short periods of recreation allowing for interaction with fellow monks. Then there is Study and Lectio Divina, which ...

COMMENTARY: April 19 marks the 20th anniversary of the election as pope of one of the most consequential ecclesial figures of ...

The funeral rites take place in three parts, called stations. The first takes place in the pope’s private chapel, after ...

And the future Pope Benedict, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, preached at the funeral of Pope St. John Paul II when ... After a few final prayers and sprinkling of holy water, the coffin will ...

Students talk about the only pope they've really known. Others speak of Francis's words on mercy, solidarity and forgiveness.

Revolutionizing conventions and customs, Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88, spent his pontificate tearing down ...

The apostle Andrew was martyred. He died nailed to a cross. His desire to be identified with Christ was so great that when he was being led toward the place of his martyrdom, and saw his own cross ...

The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral ...

In particular, he mentioned the Church of St. Paul and Minneapolis to all of the world, saying he was united with us in prayer because ... the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

Thousands of people recited prayers while carrying large wooden crosses and walking through the streets of the Old City of ...