special Easter masses will continue this week before transitioning into a formal mourning period. “We’ll offer masses for Pope Francis, but it will not be a mass for the dead. It will be the ...

Flags flew at half-staff at government buildings and days of official mourning began in a number ... a ceremony verifying that the pope was dead, with the declaration of death read aloud.

“Our Holy Father Pope Francis has gone over to the dead. Honestly ... with all of Pope Francis’ social beliefs, he will still mourn his death as he was someone who helped increase his faith.

She said the event is to mourn for the dead and fight for the living. The event, Haynes said, is to “honor our fallen co-workers, military, police, firefighters, first responders and everyone ...

Kashmir has never in living memory reacted with shock, shame and anger against an act of terror as it did on Wednesday to ...

Yom HaShoah reminds us that the Holocaust was not inevitable. It was made possible by a series of silences, failures, and ...

The Gospel of Matthew describes the death of Christ with incredible signs that are meant to draw our attention to something ...

News of the pontiff’s death brought a worldwide response of mourning and remembrance of Francis ... The four of them prayed the Office of the Dead and chanted the “In Paradisum” (traditional ...

While blessing the efforts of hospital and emergency crews caring for the injured and recovering the bodies of the dead from the rubble ... Mother of God for those mourning the loss of loved ...

The pope’s funeral will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said. The funeral Mass ...

We celebrated Jesus destroying death yesterday by rising from the dead. There is always hope with ... I think those are good ways to honor him, pray for him, mourn him at this time.” ...