If Pope Francis was merely supposed to be a caretaker pope and keep the throne of St Peter warm, he defied all expectations ...

Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs who forged a ...

From the moment he took the helm of the Catholic Church's sprawling hierarchy, Pope Francis positioned himself as a pastor ...

Members of the Roman Catholic Church in Mumbai remembered Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21 in Rome at age 88, as a ...

Iman Hijaze was raised in a culturally Shiite Muslim household and considered herself an atheist until she picked up a rosary ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Especially in a Jubilee Year, but also every day, priests are called to continual conversion so that ...

A look back at the day in 2019 when LDS Church President Russell Nelson met with Pope Francis in a historic audience for both ...

Francis even changed the church’s stance on the death penalty, calling it “inadmissible.” Still, the pope’s legacy took a hit ...