The election of the new pope comes at the time of a very pro-traditionalist Catholic White House, in contrast to the prior ...

Though any Catholic man can technically become the next Pope, more than half of the world’s estimated 1.3 billion Catholics ...

Although Francis’s predecessor Pope Benedict declared the number of electors should be capped at 120, Francis’s hectic pace ...

The man pictured here claims the Catholic Church has banned him from visiting his father’s grave. Luke James McConnell says ...

Pontiff had complex relationship with Jews and Israel; he denounced antisemitism and met hostages and their families, but ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.

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Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, prompting mourning across the Christian world for the energetic reformer who inspired ...

Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs who forged a ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic church whose energetic reform earned him both widespread devotion and condemnation, ...

World leaders and people around the globe mourned the spiritual leader who died at the age of 88.

Dubbed "the people's Pope", the Argentine pontiff loved being among his flock and was popular with the faithful, though he ...