The White House and Vatican have had a relationship stretching back to at least 1919, and includes Pope John Paul II and ...

Friendship reveals itself most clearly in difficult moments. Not in grand gestures, but in consistent presence. In showing up ...

By the time Francis took over as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013, meetings between the president and the pontiff had become commonplace. During the dozen years that he served as the pontiff, ...

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

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

He emerged on Easter Sunday — his last public appearance, a day before his death — to bless thousands of people in St.

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

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