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.

In the Northwest suburbs, Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe is hosting a Holy Hour and Requiem Mass in remembrance of Pope Francis.

Amid the extreme political polarization in his home country, the Pope found himself at odds with nearly every President.

There are always front-runners, known as “papabile,” who have at least some of the qualities considered necessary to be pope.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. “At 7:35 ...

The Vatican said in a statement later Monday that Francis died of a stroke that put him into a coma and led to irreversible ...

Chester County awoke on Easter Monday to the sad news that Pope Francis, who many residents revered and who had travelled to ...

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the ...

Longtime Vatican observers say that along with Francis’s radical refocusing of Church priorities came a hierarchical overhaul ...

Here's a look at the well-choreographed transition process and what experts including the Rev. Robin Ryan of the Catholic ...