Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff in the Roman Catholic Church, died at 88 years old after a stroke led to heart failure, leaving behind a legacy of humility, compassion, and a desire to serve the ...

Priests from around the world mourned the passing of Pope Francis at the Vatican April 21 while reflecting on the late ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...

Pope Francis, whose ministry was shaped in the barrios of Buenos Aires, had a genius for the punchy and memorable turn of ...

Pope Francis preached tolerance for others, sometimes to the point of breaking with church orthodoxy and surprising his own followers.

It was Pope Francis' humility that undid his critics, and that won over many others including me, a Lutheran, writes opinion ...

As Jorge Mario Bergoglio prepared to assume the papacy, he chose a new name: Francis. That choice was a tribute to St.

The death of Francis, who was one of the oldest popes in the church’s history, came weeks after he was discharged from a Rome ...

He will go down in history as the 'pope for the marginalized,' a Catholic leader in Naples, said of Pope Francis ...

But Duke theology professor Peter Casarella says what Francis will be most remembered for is his humility and the example he ...