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

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

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

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

Ordinary Catholics saw Pope Francis as a compassionate pastor who cared about people, especially the poor and the ...

At a time when nationalism, a concept long held in contempt by Francis, is surging again in the West, the church now finds ...

Bishop Joseph Strickland, the outspoken Texas cleric removed from his post by Pope Francis last year, responded to the pontiff's death Monday with a message of prayer and spiritual solidarity, calling ...

Prayers are being held today at Catholic centers in metro Detroit for Pope Francis, who died at 88. Catholics and others in Michigan mourned the death of Pope Francis, saying his legacy of compassion ...

Pope Francis brought a breath of fresh air into a 2,000-year-old institution that had seen its influence wane during the ...

Mourners, some in tears, gathered in St. Peter’s Square to celebrate the first Latin American pontiff. The Vatican said that the pope had died at age 88 after a stroke.

The Vatican’s most political pontiff since the days of the Borgia has died. Pope Francis, a man who preferred gestures to ...