Pope Francis, a spiritual leader of more than 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide and a transformative figure within the Roman ...

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen ...

They wanted to keep the 27-student St. Joseph School from closing. And they had a plan. “We just lost steam along the way.” ...

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.

Francis’ papacy has been historic. He embraced the marginalized in ways that no pope had done before. He not only deepened the Catholic Church’s commitment to the poor in its religious life but also ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died today. Argentinian, he was the first pontiff from the American continent. Before him, no one else had been elected head of the universal Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but ...

Following are some of the major events of the life and ministry of Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88. December 17 - ...

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons. But he upheld it in other areas, such as abortion and celibacy for priests.

The Pope’s death was confirmed by Vatican on Monday morning. The current cardinal chamberlain, camerlengo in Italian, Kevin ...

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.

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