Francis advocated for the powerless, for those who have so little and yet are villainized by people in positions of authority ...

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday after lying in state for three days in St. Peter’s Basilica, where the ...

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Pope transformed the church’s senior leadership, exposing growing differences over teachings. “Once you start opening the ...

Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition 10:43. Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

Pope Benedict was an ardent defender of Catholic traditions. Pope Francis, who died Monday, chose a more liberal direction.

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, ...

Mourners young and old flocked to Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast D.C.