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 ...

Now 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005, one of his closest collaborators says the Polish pontiff lives on in the hearts and memories of the many people who still feel ...

In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day. (photo: Gregorini Demetrio ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis’ convalescence has revived memories of the painful end of John Paul II’s life, highlighting the need to balance protecting his fragile health with keeping him in ...

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 ...