The Holy See has announced the details of Pope Francis ' funeral and the events honoring the life of the 266th pontiff of the ...

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

Peter was the first pontiff of the Catholic church, and several popes have been considered "great" in the interim.

The Italian Space Agency paid tribute to Pope Francis in the wake of his death early Monday morning (April 21).

(James Hill | The New York Times) Bishops and cardinals during the funeral service of Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's ...

Tributes have been paid after Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at his residence in the Vatican.

Although Francis did not change doctrine, he was revolutionary in every other way. The stylistic change was immediately ...

Pope Francis of Argentina after attending Easter mass and engaging worshipers from the 'Popemobile' Sunday, passed on Monday ...

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

President Donald Trump, seen as the vanguard of international MAGA-style politics, posted a message of condolence after Pope ...

Pope Francis’s teachings often put him at odds with the world’s rich and powerful, including some inside his own church.

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...