Pope Francis' first papal trip was to Lampedusa — the southern Italian island that has been a gateway to Europe for hundreds ...

Cuba’s communist dictatorship is broke and seems to have run out of suckers who might lend it more. This month we learned ...

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

Duke University’s Cooper Flagg is declaring for the NBA Draft. Flagg is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft.

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

WRAL traveled the world leading up to and during Pope Francis’ time as the Catholic leader. Former WRAL anchor David Crabtree was at the Vatican when Francis was named the next Pope.

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, died on Monday ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...

"Los Frikis" is inspired by true events in 1990s Cuba. It's estimated that between ... called sanitariums, to escape poverty and violence. Adria Arjona, one of the film's stars and an executive ...

The Argentine Pontiff has always been more focused on the rocky outskirts of the Church, where he gave greater universality ...