WEST HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world gathered in St. Peter’s Square Saturday morning to say a final goodbye to Pope Francis. Catholics in Connecticut are ...

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and first Latin American pontiff, has died, the Vatican said Easter Monday. He was 88. Francis' death came one day after he greeted thousands ...

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time — a legacy that prompted ...

Here at Sacred Heart University, we mourn the loss of our Pope and Pastor. From the beginning of his papacy, we have felt a special bond with him. We are the first university to name a building after ...

One of the favorites to be the next pope is a Filipino cardinal, Luis Antonio Tagle, who’s been dubbed as the “Asian Pope Francis." “It is a proud moment for me and my family,” Arvin Antiporda, of ...

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (WFSB) - All eyes have been on the Vatican today. Catholics have been waiting patiently to learn who their new pope would be. The Archdiocese of Hartford is reacting, and so are ...

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. The election of a new pope has Connecticut Catholics talking. Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ...

Many Catholics across Connecticut are hopeful that history’s first American pope, Leo XIV, can unify a divided world and carry on his predecessor's legacy of inclusiveness. “My first thought was that ...

With the announcement of the first American pope’s election, Connecticut officials began offering their congratulations. Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost, spent much of his time ...