Carlo Ancelotti is once again the front-runner for Brazil 's vacant coaching job, sources told ESPN Brasil. Brazil's Football Confederation (CBF) fired coach Dorival Júnior last month and had ...

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

On March 13, 2013, Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the ...

His papacy set many new precedents for the church, and his successor will be chosen from a group that he himself quietly ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church for the past 12 years, has died at age 88. Francis died Monday ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. “At 7:35 ...

The Vatican said the Catholic leader, who suffered from chronic lung disease and recently spent 38 days in the hospital for a ...

Pope Francis, who rose from janitor to the Catholic Church’s most powerful leader by proving equally at ease with ...

Here are some important dates in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis in 2013 and died on Monday.

VATICAN CITY — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: ...