In word, gesture and deed, Pope Francis consistently reached out to those on the edges – the poor, the disenfranchised, ...

Francis broke from tradition and asked for a "simple" burial in Rome's Basilica of Saint Mary Major instead of St. Peter's ...

Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...

In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral ...

Death should not be seen as the end of life but as the beginning of eternity, Pope Francis said in words he wrote only days ...

Pope Francis was meant to be a pontiff for the age of globalization. The pope's spiritual mission doesn't change, but its ...

Church leaders across New England praised his humility. Francis “constantly reminds us of those that get overlooked ,” Boston ...

Plus, salon owners are seeing a massive drawdown in clients coming in for their regular scheduled appointments, citing ...

The Vatican has set Pope Francis' funeral for Saturday, as global media outlets descend upon Rome where millions of mourners ...

Monsignor Paul F. deLadurantaye of the Catholic Diocese of Arlington discusses the death of Pope Francis and the process as ...

Francis’ biggest conservative critic was the Vatican’s former ambassador to the U.S., Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano. In 2018, ...

Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...