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.

On Easter Monday, many people woke up to the news that Pope Francis had passed away at the age of 88. The Vatican’s Health Department confirmed the pontiff died of a ...

The dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, sent a letter to all cardinals — electors and non — on ...

The death of a pope, and the election of a new pontiff, is adorned with high ritual and elaborate ceremony. For more about how the Catholic Church will celebrate and mourn Pope Francis, and what comes ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

The Rev. Mike Morin, the pastor of Lincoln's Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, spent five days in the hospital after a car ...

DETROIT – On this Easter Monday, Catholics from around Metro Detroit are paying tribute to the late pontiff, also known as ...

But Duke theology professor Peter Casarella says what Francis will be most remembered for is his humility and the example he ...

The 88-year-old pontiff served from his election on March 13, 2013 until his death on April 21, 2025.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Pope ...

The Vatican announced that Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America and the church’s 266th leader, died Monday morning at the age of 88 after suffering a cerebral stroke that put him into a ...

Pope Francis — the first pontiff from the Americas, who clashed with traditional Catholics but was hailed as a reformer by progressives — died on Monday, a day after Easter, at age 88. The pope had ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process of picking a new pontiff.