Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

The boy who would become Pope Francis was born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires on Dec. 17, 1936. Bookish, ...

In his role as camerlengo, Cardinal Kevin Farrell is responsible for confirming the pope's death and conducting rituals such as sealing the papal apartment.

Approximately 138 eligible Cardinals worldwide, all under the age of 80, are expected to elect a new Pope to succeed Pope ...

Local Catholics will gather at noon today at the Cathedral of St. Paul to remember Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 ...

Pope Francis has died. The first Jesuit pope and first Latin American pope has died, at age 88, after a 12-year papacy in ...

The decision by Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, to reject the lavish red slippers of his office was widely ...

Francis signaled a very different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset by scandal ...