One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

Thousands of people queued for hours Thursday to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis's body on the second day of public tributes.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke, setting off mourning in the Catholic world and ...

The death of a Pope triggers a centuries-old ritual involving the destruction of the Fisherman’s Ring, a symbol of papal ...

In 2008, as I prepared to enter my freshman year at Regis University, I met former Colorado U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer. When I ...

Over the years, Pope Francis has also washed the feet of prisoners, refugees, the homeless and people with disabilities.

Pope Francis’s coffin began its transfer to St Peter’s Basilica for three days of lying in state, with thousands of ...

Pope Francis, who visited the U.S. multiple times during his 12 years as the head of the Catholic Church but never to Houston ...

In an annual Holy Thursday ritual symbolising humility, Pope Francis washed and dried the feet of a dozen prisoners, ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, had an informal, lighthearted speaking style, and sometimes he even created words in a ...

Pope Francis, the 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church and the first ever pontiff from the Americas, has died at the age ...

Faithful Christians around the world celebrated on Sunday the resurrection of Jesus Christ, from Vatican City where Pope ...