After a tumultuous papacy, Pope Francis leaves the Chair of Peter with faithful American Catholics anticipating a return to orthodoxy.

The delay in issuing a statement reflected apparent tensions between Israel and Francis, who criticized Israel’s conduct in ...

Shortly after Pope Francis' death was announced on Monday, President Donald Trump ordered American flags dropped to ...

The changes reflect Francis’ view of the pope as a pastor more than a powerful person, but the rites will still be on a grand ...

Those touched − figuratively and literally − by Pope Francis, the "People's Pope," during his only visit to the U.S. reflect ...

It is a tremendous honor to be selected to lead this bipartisan delegation of United States Senators to Rome to attend the ...

It meant a lot to me to see him, he gave us so much,” said one woman who waited in line to file past the pontiff’s casket.

President Donald Trump had a complicated relationship with Pope Francis, whose funeral he plans to attend Saturday.

Pope Francis will be buried on Saturday, April 26, in Italy. People in Mississippi who want to watch the funeral service live ...

Pope Francis began his papacy in 2013 during the Obama administration, but former President Barack Obama is not planning to ...

The pope’s attention to migration and climate change were well known, but the pope was also attentive to a number of other ...

It was just a year into his time as pope that John Paul II made his first trip to the United States, creating memories that many Iowans won’t soon forget.