For a Pope to call himself ‘Francis’ was a joke. The Bishops of Rome were prelates. The little man from Assisi was a beggar. Not one ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

Since the moment of his election in 2013, Pope Francis captivated the world not only with his simple style and familiar ...

Pope Francis's passing reminds us yet again of the complete absence of women in the upper echelons of the church. This is ...

On Friday, it will start at 7 am and end at 7 pm. At 8 pm on Friday, a ceremony will be held to close the coffin. The event ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next ...

The body of Pope Francis will be moved to St. Peter’s Basilica early Wednesday to lie in state for the Catholic faithful to ...

A 16-year-old is charged with murder after shooting and killing a man in a South Carolina restaurant parking lot.

A 15-year-old boy was identified as one of many shooters in the incident. On Friday, April 18, he was arrested and booked on charges of illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile and illegal use of ...

Pope Francis has died, the Vatican confirmed to the public on Monday, capping the end of a tenure seen by some as one of the more progressive in the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, whose warm, humble, no-nonsense manner galvanized the Roman Catholic ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The Vatican says the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart ...