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In Hattiesburg, both Catholics and non-Catholics mourned the loss of Pope Francis on the morning after Easter.

Ms. Perez said she knew the pope before he became pontiff because he offered Mass on the street near her Buenos Aires home once a month. “He helped a lot in the soup kitchens, often donating ...

About 250,000 people attended the funeral service for Pope Francis on Saturday morning in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, before the late leader of the Catholic Church was transported to the ...

In a solemn and majestic funeral that ended moments ago, the Roman Catholic Church laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pope, whose humble style and pastoral vision both ...

With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what is called a “conclave,” a Latin word meaning “a room that can be ...

Even before Saturday's funeral service for Pope Francis at the Vatican, the leader known as "the People's Pope" had already broken with some traditions in the ways pontiffs are laid to rest.

Among his historical achievements as both the first pontiff from the Global South and the first born outside of Europe in over a millennia, Pope Francis is remembered in the days following his ...

The Vatican will now have a new task after Pope Francis’ death: selecting who will succeed the 12-year tenure of the bishop of Rome through the meeting of the conclave. Cardinal Kevin Farrell ...

“I felt a sense of pride when I thought that the pope was similar to our culture,” said Ms. Luna. “He was Argentine, spoke our language, and shared our concerns. He always promoted dialogue ...