Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, ...

The fight was ultimately irrelevant to the evening; more likely the byproduct of Italy’s lax public drinking laws than a ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with significant Catholic populations ...

Francis’ biggest conservative critic was the Vatican’s former ambassador to the U.S., Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano. In 2018, ...

The head of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) has voiced hope that the next pope will continue on the legacy of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

According to the French press, he is known in some domestic Catholic circles as John XXIV, in a nod to his resemblance to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...

Here are some cardinals who are being talked about as “papabili” to succeed Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 was ...