For many of us who slipped away from the Church, Pope Francis represented the kindness we were always looking for and still ...

Isabelle de Gaulmyn, who covered the Vatican for La Croix 2005-2009, reflects on Pope Francis’ 12-year papacy. From reforming ...

This chart shows how many U.S. Catholics viewed Pope Francis as a symbol of change in the direction of the Catholic Church.

Having spent twelve years at the helm of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis was a globally beloved and respected figure, but ...

His body will go into a zinc-lined, wooden coffin instead of the triplicate coffins of the past (cypress, lead and oak). It will bypass the private viewing for church officials in the Apostolic Palace ...

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan claimed Pope Francis was a “complex man” who led a complex and “cross-grained ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ first words as pope spoke of his sinfulness and trust in God’s mercy — a theme that defined his ...

Pope Francis, who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than 12 years and became a global symbol of humility, compassion and reform, died Monday.

Will the Italians get the papacy back? Or is it time for the first African in the modern era? A conclave will gather in the ...

Discover the meaning behind conclave, Camerlengo and more terms used as the Catholic Church prepares for a new leader ...

Remembering Pope Francis as a global symbol of peace, humility, and compassion. Leaders paid heartfelt tributes to the late ...

Pope Francis, who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than 12 years and became a global symbol of humility ... the first non-European to hold the papacy in more than a millennium.