Pope Francis died April 21 after suffering a stroke and heart failure, said the director of Vatican City State's department ...

From the moment of his election, Pope Francis made clear from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica that his first mandate was ...

Cardinals already present in Rome and those who were able to get to the city after Pope Francis' death April 21 held their ...

The funeral Mass of Pope Francis will be celebrated April 26 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced. Cardinal Giovanni ...

The news of Pope Francis' passing on Easter Monday April 21 has sent ripples of grief and gratitude throughout the world, particularly within the leadership of the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis "inspired Catholics and all people of good will to live as Christ did," said Kerry Alys Robinson, who is ...

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires made history with his election on March 13, 2013, becoming the first Argentine ...

Pope Francis' funeral rites, like those for any pope or any Christian, are meant to "reinforce the hope and witness to the ...

"My heart goes out to the millions of Christians all over the world who loved him," U.S. Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic, ...

Elected in 2013 with a clear mandate to reform the Roman Curia, Pope Francis completed the project with his apostolic ...

The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the ...

Pope Francis, history's first pope from the global south and a maverick who often delighted the world, died on April 21 at ...