The modern concept of divorce is often traced to the efforts, beginning in 1527, of British King Henry VIII to annul his ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

As more than 1 billion followers of the Catholic Church wait for white smoke to emerge from the chimneys atop the Sistine ...

He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing ...

Pope Francis’s gestures of openness toward the gay community have led to a more capacious definition and understanding of family, one with political implications. When Vice President J.D. Vance ...

Pope Francis was adored globally for his humility and openness to change. He varied from his predecessors in more ways than ...

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

An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.