The meeting marked the first time a president and pope met alone ... you have been a minister of peace and love. Your words, your prayers, your example have made you – for those who suffer ...

The Vatican and White House have for decades kept a close relationship, with various popes and presidents meeting in the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, ...

At 9:45 AM, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, announced the death of Pope Francis from the Casa ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...

By the time Francis took over as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013, meetings between the president and the pontiff had ...

Just to be clear, the conclave is not like Philippine elections. For one, it will be marked not by fanfare but by prayers, ...

May 2007: Helps draft the final document of the fifth meeting ... century pontificate, which at the time was more than all his predecessors combined for 500 years. July 8, 2013: Makes first ...

Pope Francis, the 266th Bishop of Rome and Sovereign of the Vatican City, has died on Easter Monday. Bells tolled in church ...

Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement of the death of Pope Francis early Monday at the age of 88.

Show more Francis later stopped in Statuary Hall, where he blessed the statue of Junipero Serra, the 18th century Spanish ... s history as the first Pope to address a joint meeting of the US ...