The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Pope Francis charmed the world with those poignant acts of love, humility and informality, starting with his first appearance ...

Not long before what would become his final public appearance, a blessing of the crowds gathered for Easter Sunday mass in St ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. “At 7:35 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

After the death of Pope Francis on April 21, there will be a conclave to elect his successor and these are the cardinals ...

Pope Francis, history's first pope from the global south and a maverick who often delighted the world, died April 21 after fighting pulmonary disease for the last few months.

Here's a look at the well-choreographed transition process and what experts including the Rev. Robin Ryan of the Catholic ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process of picking a new pontiff.

The ceremonial guide that the Vatican follows is called the “Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis,” or “Rite of Burial for ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...