April 25, Catholics at a digital wake expressed both sorrow and gratitude for Pope Francis and his leadership in protecting ...

Some of the fundamental differences between the U.S. president and the late pope — not only their divergent styles but their ...

Whether Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who relinquished the rights associated with being a cardinal after he was forced to resign in ...

Pope Francis' solemn funeral Mass will be broadcast and livestreamed by multiple media outlets April 26, providing several ...

Pope Francis' legacy with LGBTQ people mirrors the example of Jesus: Francis was not afraid to be present with us, reaching ...

Francis' 12-year reign saw small steps advancing women in the church. We may not know for years what the aims of a new papacy ...

Three hours after the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had died on April 21, the bells of Notre-Dame de Paris, the ...

"Some say he did not do enough; others criticize him for even meeting with people like me," said one transgender Catholic.

When a pope had the audacity to name himself after St. Francis — a man of peace, simplicity and creation — I began to dream ...

President Trump’s presence at the Vatican funeral marks a rare moment of reverence amid a complex relationship with the late ...

More than 61,000 people have visited the basilica so far to pay their respects to Pope Francis, who died April 21.

Pope Francis, history's first pontiff from the Global South, has died at age 88 following a monthslong respiratory illness, ...