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

The life of Pope Francis, the first Latin American and first Jesuit to serve as the Roman Catholic Church’s pontiff, lasted ...

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

Here are some statistics about Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 was announced by the Vatican on Monday.

After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing ...

Even before dawn broke on Cuba’s iconic Plaza de La Revolución on Sunday, tens of thousands of the faithful had gathered to ...

Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church ...

The death of Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, silences one of the world’s clearest voices for ...

Francis’ election as pope began an unprecedented era, as a retired pontiff lived side by side with a reigning one inside the ...

Francis was a deeply religious child in Buenos Aires. The first pontiff from Latin America tried to create a more welcoming ...

Pope Francis was the 266th pontiff, having taken over from Pope Benedict in 2013. Francis made history as the first pope ...

Pope Francis was an avid soccer fan and a card-carrying member of his beloved Buenos Aires club San Lorenzo. He was also a ...