The April 21 death of Pope Francis triggered a period of mourning in the Catholic Church, but also kick-started the race for his successor.

William Brown, pastor of Église Réformée de Tunisie (ERT, Reformed Church of Tunisia), walks past a block of ...

Francis signaled a very different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset by scandal ...

Pope Francis, the voice for the poor and a reformer, dies at 88. The Vatican announces his passing with deep sorrow and ...

Fostering unity is essential to a pope’s job description. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, an authoritative ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern ...

Francis, who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was admitted to Gemelli ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated many conservatives with ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to ...

Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

For six days in September, 2015, Pope Francis made a historic visit to the United States, visiting some of the country's biggest cities and speaking to massive crowds of the faithful along the way.