As the first Latin American pontiff, the legacy of Pope Francis in the region is complex, according to analysts consulted by ...

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...

During Francis’s papacy, evangelical Protestantism and secularism continued to remake Latin America’s religious geography, ...

Bells tolled in Maracaibo, Venezuela, as people around the world mourned the death of Pope Francis on Monday, April 21.In Maracaibo, the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul rang its bells 88 times ...

Pope Francis was a pastor first, "so consistently, so spontaneously and with such deep conviction," that it will remain a gift to the Catholic Church, said Cardinal Michael Czerny. With his death ...

jason horowitz When I think of Francis, I think of a dividing line in the Roman Catholic Church. There are those who see him as finally a breath of fresh air, who came in willing to introduce or ...