When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, he chose the papal name Francis, after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

During the Francis papacy, the role of women in the church emerged as a pressing priority, with Catholics across the globe calling for change. The Argentine pontiff listened, breaking some ...

The funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday drew a crowd to St. Peter's Square that included kings and queens, presidents and prime ministers, cardinals and archbishops, as well as thousands of ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced.

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more welcoming Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88. Francis was a pope ...

Along with the frontrunners, other candidates might also emerge. Cardinal Mario Grech, 68, the Maltese leader of the church’s synod office, could appeal to some – as might Cardinal Stephen ...

Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, has broken with tradition when it comes to where he is being laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica instead of the grottoes of the Vatican.

In the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica, with the sunshine glinting across the bronze canopy that towers over the main altar, thousands of Catholic pilgrims streamed in to glimpse the body of ...

Pope Francis' death on Monday, April 21, the day after Easter Sunday, started off a series of traditions that in a few weeks will culminate in a vote for the next pope. After Pope Francis is laid ...

An estimated 400,000 people lined the streets of Rome and gathered inside St Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City, marking the culmination of days of mourning. World ...