The pontiff, who died on Easter Monday at age 88, strived to make the church more inclusive. But critics believed his reforms ...

After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing ...

Almost all of us carry the memory of a teacher—or perhaps several—from our school or college days. Some remain in our minds ...

The Vatican says the canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, has been postponed due to the death of Pope ...

Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas, has died at the age of 88 on Monday. He became leader of the Catholic Church in 2013 after Pope Benedict XVI resigned. As the camerlengo of the Holy ...

Early in his papacy, Francis made a declaration that now appears prophetic: “I want a mess.” ...

Francis, who died this morning, transformed far more than the priorities of the Catholic Church.

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of ...

Francis was a deeply religious child in Buenos Aires. The first pontiff from Latin America tried to create a more welcoming ...

While early popes endured the split of the Roman Empire, the Crusades and the Italian Renaissance, more recent popes have had to deal with how to integrate the religion's historically strict teachings ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name ...