The Cuban-American Republican politician and attorney from Havana, Cuba died last month following a battle with cancer.

In 2015, with the eyes of the world on the United States for the historic visit of Pope Francis, Wyoming Valley native Bob Ciaruffoli was at the center of it all. Ciaruffoli, who grew up in ...

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has held a meeting with three ... and ceded power to his brother Raul last year, although he has met, and was been repeatedly photographed, with foreign ...

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.

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

Pope Francis' passion for soccer was evident throughout his pontificate. But Francis, who died Monday at 88, also turned to ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...

Mourners in Central Illinois joined those around the world Monday in expressing sadness after the death of Pope Francis at age 88.