New York’s top Democrats, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams, issued kind words for Pope Francis on behalf of the Catholics living in the city and state, mourning the loss of the 88-year-old Holy Father .

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With over 7 million Catholics living across the state, last year, the governor used one of her rare opportunities to travel abroad to pay a visit to Pope Francis

Growing up as the daughter of Irish Catholic immigrants in Buffalo, Gov. Kathy Hochul often talks about her parents’ compassion for the poor and downtrodden describing their values to that of Francis

Mayor Eric Adams shared his own separate audience with his Holiness, about a week before the governor last May. On Monday, he described the meeting as "one of the most sacred and special moments of my

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