Pope Francis was the ‘people’s pope,’” Bishop Kevin Kenney reflected recently as people around the world mourned the loss of ...

Pope Francis' solemn funeral Mass will be broadcast and livestreamed by multiple media outlets April 26, providing several ways people can watch and participate in the funeral from around the world.

Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, "will long be remembered for his outreach to those on the margins of the Church ...

With his death April 21, Pope Francis marked yet another first in the history of the Catholic Church: he became the first ...

President Donald Trump, officials in his administration and other U.S. political leaders issued statements expressing ...

U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, uses holy water to bless the body of Pope Francis in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court April 22 heard a case concerning a request from an interfaith group of Maryland parents to allow them ...

Over the course of his pontificate, Pope Francis held up two recurring images: the good shepherd who looks for the lost sheep ...

Before he was Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas, he was Jorge Mario Bergoglio -- a kid from Buenos Aires cheering for San Lorenzo, going to live games with his dad on Sundays.

In his efforts to promote a holistic defense of human life, Pope Francis frequently denounced a "throwaway culture" where ...

Pope Francis died April 21 after suffering a stroke and heart attack, said the director of Vatican City State's department of ...

In his brief final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major and said he had offered ...