With the recent passing of Pope Francis, the world enters a moment not just of mourning, but of reckoning. The head of the ...

Pope Francis, who chose his papal name after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

The funeral drew world leaders, including President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who had a talk in the ...

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

The Vatican is grieving the first head of the Catholic Church from the Americas and Saturday marks the beginning of the ...

Pope Francis, who passed away on Easter Monday, has made history once again. Departing from centuries of tradition, he ...

With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

You may have seen the movie “Conclave.” Here’s what a Vatican insider and a Kansas author say is true (and what is complete ...

As the bespectacled, crimson-robed cleric led the procession bringing Pope Francis up the aisle of St Peter’s Basilica for one final time this week, many wondered how this 77-year-old, largely unknown ...