Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pontiff, has died, the Vatican announced on April 21, 2025. He was ...

Pope Francis, the charismatic and conciliatory Argentinian who moved to liberalize the Roman Catholic Church, dramatically ...

Pope Francis called for "a church for the poor," a church that would reach out to what he called the "peripheries." He called ...

Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs who forged a ...

Pope Francis was a master of making emotional connections. He was, at heart, a pastor to wounded souls. Here are some of the ...

Inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, Bergoglio chose his name after he became the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, at the age of ...

Pope Francis, the trailblazing Catholic leader known for his human-rights advocacy and sharp political edge, died Monday, ...

Two weeks after his surprise election as pontiff, Pope Francis carried out the Maundy Thursday ritual of washing and kissing ...

Pope Francis made good on his dedication to the less fortunate -- washing the feet of prisoners, embracing the marginalized and often rising in an open-air car instead of the bullet-proof popemobile ...

From the clerical sexual abuse crisis to financial scandals in the Vatican, Pope Francis oversaw one of the most tumultuous ...