Cardinals were due to meet on Tuesday to plan Pope Francis' funeral, which leaders from around the world will attend ahead of ...

Pope Francis had been suffering from health issues in the weeks before his death, including a more than one-month stay in the ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

Contempt for the “globalist” agenda also shaped right-wing criticism of Pope Francis, the venerable Argentine Jesuit cleric ...

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic ...

Pope Francis waves from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter’s square during the weekly Angelus prayer on ...

Flags in Colorado will be flown at half-staff until sunset on the day of Pope Francis’ funeral, Gov. Jared Polis announced ...

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the ...

The death of Pope Francis, 88, after a long illness prompted an outpouring of condolences from church and civic leaders ...

He was a populist leader, often referred to as the "People's Pope." As pontiff, Francis, who died Monday at age 88, sought to ...