It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year on Easter Sunday ... grant peace and consolation to the African peoples who are victims of violence and conflict, especially ...

The first Latin American-born pope died at the age of 88 in the Vatican on Easter Monday after returning from an extended ...

No one knows exactly when the Easter Rock ceremony started or why, but it's said the tradition started before the Civil War.

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, died on Monday ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as he ...

How wonderful to be alive today! This year’s Easter could symbolise the most realistic Resurrection for Africa since colonialists came to the land they called the Dark continent and demonised all ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

The archbishop said shortly after Pope Francis was elected, his first visit outside of Rome was to the marooned African boat ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, has died at the age of 88. He redefined the Catholic Church through his focus on ...

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

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

The Vatican says the general public likely can begin paying final respects to Pope Francis starting Wednesday in St. Peter's ...