Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

Pope Francis' funeral will take place on April 26 in St. Peter’s Square following his death at age 88, with Cardinal Giovanni ...

Pope Francis served 12 years as the head of the Catholic Church before passing away Monday at 88 years old. His very ...

The Holy See has announced the details of Pope Francis ' funeral and the events honoring the life of the 266th pontiff of the ...

Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

Vance is an adult convert to Catholicism who has drawn criticism for his, shall we say unorthodox ideas about the Catholic ...

Though any Catholic man can technically become the next Pope, more than half of the world’s estimated 1.3 billion Catholics ...

Editorial: The Argentine pontiff was a vital progressive influence on issues such as migration, and fought for a more merciful, less rigid Catholic church ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals gathered Tuesday at the Vatican to begin scheduling Pope Francis’ funeral and burial, planning ...

Pope Francis was the world’s first Latin American pope and he particularly touched the heart of those from his continent.

Cardinals are meeting at the Vatican to make the first decisions about running the Catholic Church following the death of ...