Interpersonal communication and embracing mercy in order to achieve the common good were two key themes of Francis’ ...

Pope Francis’ final days weren’t wasted. They were a homily without words — on how to die with Jesus, love like Jesus, and ...

And through all of it, he reminded us to “run toward Jesus.” In what would be his final homily, delivered by Cardinal ...

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires, never set foot in his homeland after becoming Pope Francis in 2013. That left ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” Any baptized Catholic ...

Rev. J. Mark Spalding, bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, and area Catholic Church parishioners remember Pope Francis' legacy.

The pope himself had made it possible for these documents to become openly available.Kleiner said he had found the pope to be ...

His death ends a historic chapter for the Catholic Church. The first Latin American pope, he opened the doors of his faith to ...

At a time when nationalism, a concept long held in contempt by Francis, is surging again in the West, the church now finds ...

Bells tolled in churches from his native Argentina to the Philippines and across Rome as news spread around the world.

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...