Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on ...

Pope Francis was the 266th pontiff, having taken over from Pope Benedict in 2013. Francis made history as the first pope ...

Pope Francis, who made history as the first Latin American papal leader and was considered to have a more progressive ...

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Francis leaves behind him a church still divided, but radically transformed. pope-francis-obit-dead-vatican-conclave ...

The 1980 execution of four American churchwomen was one of the most shocking human rights crimes of the twentieth century. No ...

The Vatican’s health department, led by Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, confirmed that Pope Francis suffered a massive stroke that caused him to lapse into a coma. Despite efforts to stabilize him, he succumbed ...

When he was elected pope in 2013, he became the first Jesuit and the first Argentine to ... the pomp and grandeur of traditional Catholic rituals. He embraced modest clothing and living ...

Two weeks after his surprise election as pontiff, Pope Francis carried out the Maundy Thursday ritual of washing and kissing ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...