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 ...

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 ...

The first Latin American and Jesuit pope was determined to lead a more welcoming, pastoral and merciful Church outward to a ...

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.