Francis advocated for the powerless, for those who have so little and yet are villainized by people in positions of authority ...

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

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

Many are claiming Pope Francis as an ideological ally in the wake of his death. But he defied easy political categorization.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a ...

The late Pope Francis, who passed away Monday morning, didn’t apologize for defending the long-held social positions of the ...

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

They got more of a disrupter in Pope Francis than many had bargained for. After Francis’ stormy 12-year pontificate, some ...

He was a populist leader, often referred to as the "People's Pope." As pontiff, Francis, who died Monday at age 88, sought to ...

When Francis became the first Latin American pope in 2013, many hoped he would reverse the Roman Catholic Church’s decline in ...

A 2024 Pew Research study found that a majority of U.S. Catholics believe women should be allowed to become priests (64%) and ...

Pro-life campaigners have remembered Pope Francis as being "passionately" against abortion - a fact they said was not widely ...