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Here’s what happens after a pope dies, from his funeral to selecting a new pope for the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church’s conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died. Follow along for live updates.

Pope Francis, the popular Roman Catholic pontiff who advocated a more compassionate papacy and a less traditionalist approach than his predecessor, has died. He was 88.

Western churches adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept the older Julian one, meaning each group can celebrate Easter up to 5 weeks apart.

Two days before Easter Sunday is another important Christian holiday. Known as Good Friday, the holy day commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Years of meeting minutes from the San Francisco Archdiocese’s Independent Review Board were released Wednesday following a bankruptcy’s judge’s order. The minutes, which contain numerous redactions, summarize conversations between IRB members and other officials of the Archdiocese but do not contain the full reports compiled by investigators hired by the church. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke with Investigative Producer...

More than two dozen religious groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing the policy violated the right to practice their religion.

Eid al-Fitr means the feast, or festival, of breaking the fast. The Muslim holiday marks the end of Ramadan.

Kansas troopers arrested the leader of a satanic organization Friday morning as protesters gathered at the Kansas statehouse to voice their disagreements with a black mass ceremony.

Doctors declare Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger as a result of pneumonia, but keep him hospitalized.

Francis’ feeble voice, discernible through his labored breaths and in his native Spanish, was recorded Thursday and broadcast in St. Peter’s Square

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and its observance lasts for 40 days, excluding Sundays. Here’s what to know about the Christian tradition.

Muslims in the Middle East are observing the holy month of Ramadan under exceptional circumstances.

Find out the date of Ash Wednesday this year, plus other important observances including Easter Sunday.

Observant Muslims worldwide will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts.

The pope is receiving occasional supplements of oxygen when he needs it and is responding to the strengthened drug therapy he is receiving, they said.

The College of Cardinals elects a new pope in a meeting known as a papal conclave.

Sikh community members said they have already seen how anxieties around immigration have impeded the way in which some, including naturalized citizens, practice their faith.

Pope Francis underwent specialist examinations at the Policlinico Agostino Gemelli in Rome.

Pope Francis criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy in a letter to U.S. bishops Monday and pleaded with Catholics not to give into “narratives that discriminate.”