"The outpouring of affection that we have witnessed...tells us how much the profound pontificate of Pope Francis touched ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. No date has ...

Argentines bid farewell to Pope Francis on April 26, holding a massive open-air mass in front of the cathedral where he ...

In 2022, Nigeria sentenced an atheist to 24 years, claiming he had blasphemed Islam. Christians, even those with superficial ...

Around 400,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square and millions watched on TV for the funeral of the late Pope Francis ...

The Vatican overturned protocol to ensure that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was given a front-row seat at the ...

Pope Francis had a great sense of humor. When I met him once at the back of the papal plane, I cracked a joke with him that ...

The message that shone through Francis’s provisions for his departure was that the true place of his church was on the ...

As the world bid farewell to Pope Francis, here's a look at the family he leaves behind - the ones who knew him simply as Jorge.

We grieve not just the passing of a pope, but the loss of a holy witness who taught us that to see sacramentally is not to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the ...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, the world’s cardinals will soon gather in Rome to elect a successor. So what exactly does a ...