Pope Francis, whose ministry was shaped in the barrios of Buenos Aires, had a genius for the punchy and memorable turn of ...

Vice President JD Vance, who met with the leader of the Catholic Church at the Vatican on Easter Sunday, was one of Pope ...

Pope Francis is one among hundreds of popes that have served the Catholic Church, and his death brings about the centuries-old process of choosing the next one.

Pope Francis relished dramatic moments, and this turned out to be his curtain call: an Easter Sunday crowd filling a sunny St ...

The first Latin American pope, known for speaking out against social injustice, leaves behind a complicated legacy.

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois issued the following statement in response to the death ...

Vice President JD Vance had met with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday in the Vatican, a day before the pontiff’s passing. Monday morning, as the vice president traveled to India for further overseas ...

Tributes came from around the globe, offering condolences to the world’s Catholics and praising the pontiff’s commitment to ...

Francis, the 266th pope, oversaw a rise in the global population of Catholics and diversification of the College of Cardinals ...

Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, and the pope have tangled sharply over migration and the Trump administration's ...

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 Monday April 21, 2025. This story was originally published in the Washington Examiner magazine on ...