Catholics across the Southland and around the world Monday were mourning the death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American ...

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

Catholics across the Southland and around the world Monday were mourning the death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff and leader of the Catholic Church. Francis, the Bishop of Rome, ...

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church passed away earlier today about a month after leaving a hospital in Rome where he was ...

The jarring news of Pope Francis’ death on Monday morning, just hours after addressing Catholics and blessing thousands of ...

Hollywood is paying tribute to the life and legacy of Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday morning at 88 years old. “He was the closest in a long time that seemed to remember that ...

Local leaders across Los Angeles are reacting to the news of Pope Francis' death, highlighting his papacy for being ...

Traditionally, the pope's internment, which takes place between four and six days following his death, occurs after a traditional Roman Catholic funeral Mass officiated by the dean of the College of ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, assumed the papacy in 2013 following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI ...

Following the death or abdication of a pope, the Catholic Church's College of Cardinals meets at the Vatican to choose a new pope at a papal conclave.

VATICAN CITY -- Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five ...