Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...

Pope Francis called to check in on a Christian congregation in Gaza sheltering at their church almost every night since the ...

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

As Pope Francis is remembered for his outreach to communities far beyond the Vatican, his relationship with the Holy Family ...

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

The pontiff, appearing frail from a balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica, blessed a crowd gathered on the square outside. But a ...

For many of us who slipped away from the Church, Pope Francis represented the kindness we were always looking for and still ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of ...

He made his last public appearance on Easter Sunday — a day before his death — to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s ...

The pope ministered with a charming, humble style. He had blessed thousands in St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday.

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

With the death of Pope Francis weighing heavily on the hearts of more than a billion Catholics worldwide, local parishioners ...