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

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

The photos show the pope dressed in red vestments and lying in a simple, wooden coffin inside the chapel of the Santa Marta ...

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he arrives to hold his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square. Only one man has ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff immediately until sunset on the day of interment for ...

Cardinals met at the Vatican on Tuesday to plan the conclave to elect his successor and to make other decisions about running ...

Thousands of devotees on Monday paid tribute to Pope Francis at a major shrine in Mexico where the pontiff prayed on a visit ...

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

Cardinals met at the Vatican on Tuesday to plan the conclave to elect his successor and to make other decisions about running ...

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 ...

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