In 1978, the Archbishop of Krakow, Karol Wojtyla, was elected as John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. His successor, Benedict XVI, was a Bavarian German. Pope Francis came from ...

What Austen Ivereigh calls “the Francis effect” – the change of style and mood from the John Paul and Benedict pontificates – introduced a welcome change from the winter years of his two ...

Pope Francis became the church’s 266th in 2013 when the papal conclave elected him after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI ...

Pope Benedict XVI was installed as the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on April 24, 2005, becoming the first German ...

VATICAN CITY — As pilgrims and world leaders alike prepare to say goodbye to Pope Francis at his funeral Saturday, Rome is ...

Conservatives cite Cardinal Robert Sarah's comments on defying woke gender ideology and remembering the West's Christian ...

A popular expression of Pope Francis was his phrase “the God of surprises.” That phrase was often turned against Francis by ...

An autobiography is not our private story, but rather the baggage we carry with us,” Pope Francis said in his recollections, ...

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will be attending Pope Francis’ funeral on April 26. Not so long ago, that was a ...

King Charles IIII will not attend the funeral of Pope Francis, but his eldest son Prince William is slated to visit Rome in ...

After a long period of declining health which saw an increasingly debilitated Francis struggling to hold onto life, it was the demonic visitation of US ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill reflects on popes of the past and highlights the papacy's cultural significance beyond Catholicism.