Every pope has his critics. And Pope Francis probably expected that he would face opposition to his reform agenda after ...

The pope’s schedule often included time for visiting prisons, hosting audiences in St. Peter’s Square and blessing newlywed ...

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after ...

After Pope Francis’ funeral, 135 cardinals will gather for a conclave to elect a new pope. The traditions include oaths of secrecy, paper ballots and white smoke from a chimney of the Sistine Chapel.

With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, called for " a church for the poor ," a church that would reach out to what he called the ...

A few months after comforting survivors of one of the strongest recorded tropical cyclones, Pope Francis published his ...

He was baptized by one Pope, Paul VI, and another, Benedict XVI, appointed him director of the Vatican newspaper, ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

After Pope Francis’s death at the age of 88, the process of electing the next pontiff will begin. Cardinal electors, the vast ...

From meetings with Diego Maradona to the passion for his beloved Buenos Aires club, San Lorenzo, Pope Francis was an avid soccer fan. And a promoter of ...

Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...