Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, was as much a tireless advocate for nature as he was the poor and ...

Archbishop Robert Casey will remember and pray for "the repose of the soul of Pope Francis" at four Masses throughout the ...

Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of the Argentine pontiff ...

Pope Francis, who died this week at age 88 of a stroke at the Vatican, will be buried on Saturday. World leaders and ...

Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers took the body of the late ...

UK Cardinal tells of ‘weight’ felt ahead of conclave to choose new pope - Cardinal Vincent Nichols said Pope Francis had ...

The basilica was bathed in a hushed silence as mourners from across the globe made a slow, shuffling procession up the main ...

Pope Francis nudged the Catholic Church toward change. His successor can see it through ― or take the church back.

Thousands of mourners have visited the Vatican to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who is lying in state, and some have ...

A couple celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary have told of the “significance” of being able to attend Pope Francis’s wake in Rome – having first met decades ago at another papal event. Patrick ...

Upon leaving prison last Holy Thursday, Pope Francis recalled the question that arose within him every time he visited a ...