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.

The Diocese of Sacramento represents one million Catholics in Northern California and they are mourning the loss of Pope ...

The Vatican said the Catholic leader, who suffered from chronic lung disease and recently spent 38 days in the hospital for a ...

DETROIT – On this Easter Monday, Catholics from around Metro Detroit are paying tribute to the late pontiff, also known as ...

On Easter Monday, many people woke up to the news that Pope Francis had passed away at the age of 88. The Vatican’s Health Department confirmed the pontiff died of a stroke and heart failure.

The death of a pope, and the election of a new pontiff, is adorned with high ritual and elaborate ceremony. For more about how the Catholic Church will celebrate and mourn Pope Francis, and what comes ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

The Rev. Mike Morin, the pastor of Lincoln's Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, spent five days in the hospital after a car ...

But Duke theology professor Peter Casarella says what Francis will be most remembered for is his humility and the example he ...

The Vatican announced that Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America and the church’s 266th leader, died Monday morning at the age of 88 after suffering a cerebral stroke that put him into a ...

After the death of Pope Francis on Monday, the question looming around the world is, who will become the next leader of the ...

One of the devotions in the Catholic Church is the Adoration of Blessed Sacrament, Sahd said, and "that's the most beautiful ...