Pope Francis, the 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church, died on April 21 at the age of 88.

Going on pilgrimage often conjures images of the Holy Land and other far-flung destinations. But when Brian Rademacher ...

Thousands flooded through the walls of Vatican City as a procession of cardinals and pallbearers took the body of the late ...

Emilio Morenatti, chief photographer in Spain for The Associated Press, arrived in St. Peter’s Square before sunrise to wait ...

The rite began in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta and ended with the Holy Father’s body before the Altar of Confession in ...

For Catholics, Pope Francis was (and is) a kind of Rorschach test of where one thought the church should go in this century ...

The father of a papal visit volunteer who died after a scaffolding accident due to bad weather when Pope Francis was in ...

A procession to move the body of Pope Francis to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public viewing ended Wednesday ...

Vietnam, home to nearly 7 million Catholics, still waits for a papal visit. Though Pope Francis will not be the one to come, ...

Monday was a day of bittersweet mourning, reflection and anticipation for Catholics in the Inland Northwest after news arrived of Pope Francis’s death at 88 years old.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan joined Catholics worldwide and across the city with remembrances of a spiritual leader known for his ...

Francis was a master of making emotional connections, resulting in viral moments that rocketed across the internet.