A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The pope is chosen during a ...

Pope Francis sought to empower women and laity in synods, fueling conservatives' worry about LGBTQ+ inclusion and women's ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the first pope to take the name Francis, it wasn’t a symbolic flourish, it was a solemn ...

Canon Batthula said that upon meeting the Pope in 2017, he was struck by his holiness - but also "his simplicity and humility ...

LYON, France (AP) — Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from ...

Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on ...

Many recalled his legacy as the first pope from Latin America, and the first Jesuit to reach the pinnacle of church hierarchy.