COMMENTARY As the first pope from Latin America, Francis will be lauded for urging compassion for the region's immigrants — ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, died at age 88 after battling health issues including pneumonia. His final ...

Despite the unresolved issues that many Catholics know are long overdue, Francis achieved far more for marginalized people ...

As the world mourns Pope Francis, interest has surged in the life and legacy of the first Latin American pontiff—including ...

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still ...

Pope Francis’s coffin has arrived at St Peter’s Basilica, where it will lie in state for public viewings for the next three ...

Pope Francis nudged the Catholic Church toward change. His successor can see it through ― or take the church back.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke, setting off mourning in the Catholic world and ...

Local Catholics held a Mass for Pope Francis on Wednesday, joining much of the world in remembering a religious leader who ...

Fiducia Supplicans was published after Argentinian Cardinal Víctor Fernández, the Pope’s ghostwriter, had come to the helm of ...

This week, His Holiness Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, died. That's not really surprising. He was 88 years old, and he'd been struggling with his health for several years. Nor is it ...