Pope Francis was elected pope in 2013. Throughout his papacy, he advocated for people in marginalized groups and was referred to by many as a ‘champion for the poor.” Parishioners of the Cathedral of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern ...

( NewsNation) — Pope Francis spent his final days celebrating Holy Week, the seven days leading up to Easter Sunday. Francis, ...

You wouldn’t have to go back further than the 20th century, however, to find the oldest pope to ever serve. Pope Leo XIII, who ascended to the papacy in 1878, was 93 upon his death in 1903.

President Trump on Monday directed all federal and state flags to fly at half-staff in commemoration of Pope Francis, who ...

Francis did not preside over the Vatican’s Easter Mass as he was limiting his workload since his hospitalization, but made an ...

President Trump on Monday marked Pope Francis’s death in a statement on social media hours after the trailblazing Catholic ...

Pope Francis didn’t celebrate Easter Mass in the piazza, but after Mass appeared on the balcony over the basilica entrance ...