Roman Catholic cardinals gathered Tuesday in Vatican City to prepare for the Saturday funeral of Pope Francis.

Maria Elena Guevara was among the quarter-million people who attended Francis’ Mass at El Punto, an empty lot in this border ...

Filipino artists created works of art in memory of Pope Francis to honor the beloved supreme pontiff who passed away on ...

A new archbishop will not only need to lead the British church but play a significant role in the Anglican Communion.

Regularly scheduled Mass on Monday took on a special meaning following the death of Pope Francis for the dozens of Catholic ...

Pontiffs have been players in global affairs for hundreds of years. Pope Francis carved out his own form of global influence.

Jim Yardley, a former Rome bureau chief for The New York Times, witnessed Pope Francis’ transformation from an unlikely papal ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern for ...

Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X of Antioch described Pope Francis as a bearer of a lofty Christian mission, noting that his ...

Vatican insiders and interlocutors said the pontiff wanted to avoid getting swept up in the polarizing politics that ...

Not only was Pope Francis the the first Jesuit pope, but he was the first pope from the Americas. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He was the the 266th pope of the ...

Africans are hoping one of their own could become the first Black pope in modern history and build on Francis's legacy of ...