Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of which direction the Roman ...

Immigrants and L.G.B.T.Q. people were among those who saw Pope Francis as a force for change, offering a more welcoming ...

Southern California’s Catholic community were left reeling Monday by the news of Pope Francis’ death. The pontiff, the first ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

The Argentinian leader of the Catholic Church died on April 21 at age 88. European leaders as well as those in the US and ...

The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died aged 88 after a battle with double pneumonia. The pontiff had been at the Gemelli hospital in Rome after suffering bronchitis.

In Italy, bells tolled in church towers and flags were lowered to half-staff on government buildings in Rome. View on ...

This includes Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who posted in part, “Pope Francis was a pillar of compassion and a champion in ...

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88, just a day after making a much-anticipated appearance at Saint Peter's Sq ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died this morning at the age of 88, the Vatican ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope Francis died Monday, the day after Easter, at the age of 88. As ...

Pope Francis died on Monday morning, according to the Vatican. He was 88 years old and held the papacy for 12 years.