For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...

A growing number of Americans hope that Pope Francis’s death will mark a decisive conservative shift for the papacy ...

This evening, the streets around the Vatican were very busy, and St Peter's Square was bustling. Up to 250,000 are expected ...

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

Pope Francis died Monday; here are the front runners for the Vatican leadership, and what they've said about Jews, Israel and ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

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However, many of those issues — among them the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, climate change and immigration — also put Francis on ...

The Vatican has released the first solemn images of Pope Francis lying in repose inside his private chapel. Dressed in red vestments with a rosary in hand and a bishop’s mitre crowning his head, the ...

THE Vatican has now revealed the last known words Pope Francis said to his staff before dying on Easter Monday. The ailing ...

Youngstown Diocese Catholics are mourning the death of the pope. "May Pope Francis see the face of God today," Bishop David Bonnar said.

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.