Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis loved soccer and tango, once worked as a bar doorman and was known to shun the pomp of ...

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...

Francis broke from tradition and asked for a "simple" burial in Rome's Basilica of Saint Mary Major instead of St. Peter's ...

In word, gesture and deed, Pope Francis consistently reached out to those on the edges – the poor, the disenfranchised, ...

ABC News’ Michael Strahan talks about the religious and historical significance of the city following the death of the ...

In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral ...

The death of Pope Francis has sent shockwaves through Iraq’s Christian community, where his presence once brought hope after ...

Among Pope Francis' final words was a thank you to his nurse, who had helped the pope surprise crowds in St. Peter's Square ...

Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...

As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...

The first ever cardinal of Roman Catholic-majority East Timor had barely had time to process the news of Pope Francis' death ...

Faithful followers and world leaders will attend the funeral for Pope Francis in Vatican City on Saturday. Francis, 88, died ...