ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

Coming at a time of effusive global mourning over Francis’ death, the decision to delete the post appeared to reflect the ...

Going on pilgrimage often conjures images of the Holy Land and other far-flung destinations. But when Brian Rademacher ...

Pope Francis is dead at 88. His legacy includes an embrace of contemporary art, such as the first papal visit to the Venice ...

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch. Some of the most iconic moments of his papacy were those when he ...

Prayers in convents and monasteries in Rieti, mourning bells in the city's churches, moments of reflection in the clergy ...

Pope Francis poses for a selfie with newlyweds at the end of the weekly general audience at Paul VI Hall in The Vatican, on ...

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after ...

Pope Francis, whose ministry was shaped in the barrios of Buenos Aires, had a genius for the punchy and memorable turn of ...

Dialogue and friendship with the children of Israel are part of the life of Jesus’ disciples,” Francis wrote in 2018.