Jim and Jeanne Mulligan headed to the Cathedral of St. Paul on Monday morning after they heard the news that Pope Francis had died. The couple, who are from Grand Forks, N.D., and were in St.

Pope Francis strayed from the more conservative path forged by his predecessors Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict. But in death, Francis will be following in many of John Paul’s footsteps.

Following the death of Pope Francis, announced by Vatican officials on Easter Monday, global attention has turned to the ...

THE DEATH of Pope Francis comes in the midst of a convulsive period in international affairs, one in which the late pontiff ...

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 ...

The open-air funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005 drew hundreds of thousands of mourners.Credit...Dylan Martinez/Reuters The College of Cardinals decides on the day and hour that the pope’s body ...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, seen here with Pope Francis in 2015, could become the first Asian pontiff - Wally Santana ...

Pope Francis held the papacy during a period of global hostility toward immigrants — a trend he did his best to resist.

Father Rodolphe Balthazar, a priest at St. Vincent de Paul in Rogers since 2019, expressed shock and gratitude upon hearing the news of Pope Francis' death."I said, oh, my. This guy had a ...

“As a longtime admirer of the Pope and his work to center the poor and marginalized, I was honored to meet him and pray with him last year. I join all those across the world mourning his death ...

In choosing bishops for America, he did not follow the pattern of Pope John Paul II. “Francis’ top priority is ‘Is he pastoral? Is he concerned about the poor,’ “ wrote Rev. Thomas Reese ...