The pope and the president remade the Catholic church and American politics in their outsider images, but their relationship ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent evening ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

Of the 52% of Massachusetts adults in the study who identify as Christians, 29% of them are Catholic. That's higher than the nationwide total of 19% of adults.

Vance’s visit was not without political sensitivities, and he met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin for what the Vatican described ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

By the time Francis took over as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013, meetings between the president and the pontiff had ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

Pope Francis, 88, died on Monday, leaving Catholics in mourning. Here's a look at NJ's Catholic population in the wake of the pope's passing.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of the ...

Tributes to Pope Francis instantly poured in from around the world from presidents to people of all walks of like on Monday after the Vatican announced the pontiff’s death at age 88. President ...

Bells tolled in churches from his native Argentina to the Philippines and across Rome as news spread around the world.