Whatever Father Bergoglio might have been in the 1970s, Pope Francis was not. He spent half a century defending the oppressed ...

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect ...

Francis was a good man trying to do good things. He was a man who I firmly believe was following the lead of the Holy Spirit ...

Springfield Bishop William Byrne celebrated a Mass at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in memory of the pope, who died on April 21, the day after Easter.

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Members of the Social Justice and Peace Commission at St. Michael's Parish in Augusta grew together thanks to the late ...

Pope Francis, the pontiff whose acts of love and humility rippled through his papacy, was laid to rest in a service he ...

Under the bright Roman sun and amid crowds extending down the Via della Conciliazione, the funeral Mass unfolded within the ...

Columnist and staff writer Anissa Rivera muses on the Jesuits of the Roman Catholic Church, in light of the death of the ...

Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it ...

By prioritizing the environment, championing the poor and striking a more welcoming tone with LGBTQ Catholics, Pope Francis inspired Catholic leaders in Los Angeles and the SoCal area.

I feel proud as an Argentine and as a Christian, that we had an Argentine pope,' said one Argentine American. 'But most of ...