CNN By Caitlin Danaher, Christopher Lamb, Lauren Kent, Antonia Mortensen and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Vatican City (CNN) — The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it ...

The final call lasted 30 seconds. Just enough time to say hello and ask if everyone was okay. But for Gaza’s tiny Christian population, the phone call from Pope Francis was a ray of hope that shone ...

Pope Francis' funeral is set for Saturday, and during the official nine days of mourning the College of Cardinals assembles ...

Many people are visiting local Catholic Churches to mourn Pope Francis, who died following a stroke and heart failure early ...

Peter was the first pontiff of the Catholic church, and several popes have been considered "great" in the interim.

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

At a time when nationalism, a concept long held in contempt by Francis, is surging again in the West, the church now finds itself at a crossroads.

Francis was a deeply religious child in Buenos Aires. The first pontiff from Latin America tried to create a more welcoming ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of ...

VATICAN CITY -- Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: ...