The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

In the poor Zavaleta district of Buenos Aires, amidst precarious houses and narrow alleys, Marina Ayala walks the same ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, died at age 88 after battling health issues including pneumonia. His final ...

It was in July 2013 in Rio de Janeiro – on Francis’s first papal pilgrimage beyond Europe, to Brazil for World Youth Day – ...

Pope Francis' beloved football club in his native Buenos Aires, San Lorenzo, celebrated a Mass late Wednesday dedicated to its most famous fan two days after his death, with Argentina still awash in ...

When the late Pope Francis first stepped on to the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica following his election 12 years ago, he ...

We take a look back at the life and legacy of Pope Francis, whose love and compassion earned him the moniker the ‘People’s Pope’ ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio attended San Lorenzo matches as a child with his Italian immigrant father and remained an unabashed fan ...

As the Church of England continues its lengthy process to appoint a new Archbishop of Canterbury, are there lessons it could ...

The Rev. Matthew Baum, Patricia Loughlin and Elizabeth Gramlich spent a few minutes Monday putting together a simple tribute to the late Pope Francis – a portrait with a black mourning cloth draped ...

McNamara, who is originally from York and has spent much of the past 15 years in Francis’ homeland Argentina working as a ...