President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will be attending Pope Francis’ funeral on April 26. Not so long ago, that was a ...

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 became the church’s 266th in 2013 when the papal conclave elected him after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

The death of Pope Francis means a papal conclave will be held to select a successor, but besides who wins, the public will ...

April 23, the patron saint’s day of Pope Francis, is a holiday at the Vatican and the pope usually celebrated it with acts of ...

Mystery and drama always surround a conclave, but the deeper issue is the mission of the Catholic Church in the modern world.

For centuries, men assuming the top job in the Roman Catholic Church kept their birth names. That changed with Pope John II.

Now, as tradition dictates, the late pontiff's signet ring will be destroyed - or defaced, at least - within the walls of the ...

It is natural to compare a pope to his predecessors. But many of the comparisons being made now betray an ideological edge ...

Let’s begin with the obvious: the Pope has better security than a Bond villain. But what’s perhaps less known—and infinitely ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.

POPE Francis died at 88 on Easter Monday, leaving a sheepfold without a shepherd. At the appointed time, the college of ...