Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas and a transformative figure in the modern Catholic Church, has died at 88, ...

St. Francis of Assisi Kitchen is preparing a free Easter meal for more than 200 people on Sunday. SCRANTON, Pa. — The St.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name ...

Pope Francis was one of the greatest climate champions we have ever had. He used his position as the spiritual leader of 1.2 ...

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 ...

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 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.

Dec. 16, 2023: Vatican tribunal convicts Cardinal Angelo Becciu of embezzlement and sentences him to 5½ years in prison in one of several verdicts in a complicated financial trial that aired the city ...

With the Pope having passed on Easter Monday people are now saying his death on the religious holiday is "no coincidence" and ...

More than a million faithful Catholics have been flocking to St. Mary Major Church in Assisi ... s Day, served as the press secretary for the General Custody of the Sacred Convent of St. Francis ...