Many have made a beneficial impact on the Church and the world.The legacy of Pope Francis is assured in the annals of Church history. He is a pontiff of many firsts.For starters, he ascended to the ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Novels and films that include or revolve around a conclave often include nefarious plotting, or at least politicking, and ...

The death of Pope Francis means a papal conclave will be held to select a successor, but besides who wins, the public will ...

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The Vatican said in a statement later Monday that Francis died of a stroke that put him into a coma and led to irreversible ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method — a system known as the Papal conclave.

Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world when he announced his resignation in 2013, the first in 600 years. That led some to ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88, was the first Latin American and Jesuit pontiff. He was also the first to ...

Pope Francis ’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...