Footage of the brief exchange outside the Vatican yesterday is now deeply poignant following the pontiff's death today at the ...

The boy who would become Pope Francis was born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires on Dec. 17, 1936. Bookish, ...

The death of Francis, who was one of the oldest popes in the church’s history, came weeks after he was discharged from a Rome ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday aged 88 after dedicating his 'entire life' to serving God and the Church, the Vatican ...

When Rogers family couldn't find information on CerTra syndrome, they founded a foundation to bring families together.

World leaders are paying tribute with the Taoiseach saying Francis’s papacy was marked by a commitment to ‘compassion, peace, ...

Sean Dowling of the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin is one of only around a dozen male midwives who currently work in Ireland, and ...

Francis even changed the church’s stance on the death penalty, calling it “inadmissible.” Still, the pope’s legacy took a hit ...

What would Joan think?Reading the newly released “Notes to John,” it’s hard not to wonder how the late author Joan Didion ...

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