Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese Bishop Edward Rice will conduct two masses honoring “The People’s Pope.” The first ...

Pope Francis died on April 21, a day after he blessed thousands of Easter worshippers at St. Peter's Square. He was 88. Weeks ago, he was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia and other health issues ...

Catholics all over the world and here in western Massachusetts are grieving the loss of Pope Francis. Vatican officials say ...

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

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

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.

Bishop Earl K. Fernandes of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus issued a statement Monday following news of the pope's death.

Francis, an Argentinian, was the first pope from Latin America, known for his humility, his advocacy to combat climate change ...

The death of the 88-year-old pontiff puts into motion the process of selecting a successor, according to longstanding Vatican traditions.

A local vigil for the late Pope Francis brought together dozens at a church in Dayton. After 12 years of service to the Catholic church, locals gathered for an ...

Local members of the Catholic community remembered Francis as a humble and progressive figure who brought compassion and inclusivity to the papacy.

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois released a statement following the death of Pope Francis on Monday.