Jorge Bergoglio, better known to the world as Pope Francis, died Monday at 88 ... the pope is the bishop of Rome and successor of St. Peter, who was martyred in the imperial city.

Some New Jersey residents who made the trip to the Vatican to get a glimpse of Pope Francis on Easter Sunday are now ...

Ever since Pope Francis died, I have been reflecting upon my time in Catholic school and the lessons I learned about service, ...

Pope Francis’s willingness to kneel before the least of us is a lesson in what it means to be great, not in the cocoon of ...

Pope Francis made a brief appearance on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter's Square as he continues his recovery from a near-fatal bout of double pneumonia. "Brothers and ...

Pope Francis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York in 2015. He was elected after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013, but few expected him to seek to transform his church with such ...

In the hours following his death, many Catholics reflected on the words in his final Easter urbi et orbi blessing, which had ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff ... He became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and elevated to cardinal in 2001 by St. John Paul II. He was elected the 266th pope ...

Father Rose says that death is a loss but hopes young people will see how Pope Francis treated everyday people of all faiths.

The body of Francis, treated and dressed in papal vestments and his head covered with a white bishop’s miter, is expected to lie in state inside his coffin at St. Peter’s Basilica a few days ...