MassLive

Saint John’s hockey falls to Pope Francis in double overtime in D-I title game

BOSTON - Saint John’s Shrewsbury boys hockey coach Mike Mead is no stranger to heartbreak. After losing the Division I state championship last season on a last-second goal by Catholic Memorial, Mead’s ...
National Catholic Register

The Papal Playlist: What the Favorite Music of Four Popes Reveals

Musical preferences offer fleeting glimpses into the interior lives behind the white cassock where memory, culture, and prayer converge. (L-R) Pope Leo XIV, Pope Francis, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope ...
America Magazine

Pope Francis is a hard act to follow. But Leo XIV is filling the role with remarkable ease.

Pope Leo XIV greets people as he rides in the popemobile before celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican June 1, 2025, as part of the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the ...
National Catholic Reporter

One year later, Pope Francis' tomb remains a major Roman pilgrimage point

Since Pope Francis was buried in the Basilica of St. Mary on April 27, 2025, the basilica has been transformed from a prominent Roman church into one of the city's major pilgrimage sites for admirers ...
America Magazine

One year later, Pope Francis’ nurse remembers him as ‘a second father’

Pope Francis waves to a crowd of well-wishers at Rome's Gemelli hospital before returning to the Vatican March 23, 2025, after 38 days of treatment at the hospital. Massimiliano Strappetti, a nurse ...