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.

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen ...

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

Further reading: The spiritual benefits of literature according to Pope Francis Lewis then returns to the Anglican Church, though Tolkien urges him to become Catholic, and begins writing Narnia ...

In 1971, the Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research was established as an expression of the conviction that educational institutions have an important role to play ...

Pope Francis made a surprise public appearance at the Vatican on Sunday and met with crowds just two weeks after being discharged from the hospital two weeks ago. The 88-year-old pontiff has been ...

Independence, the defending 4A state champions, return to the state tournament for a third straight year. The Eagles have held their opponents to an average of 31.3 points since the start of the ...

He was a strong Federalist, one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. He let his anti-Jefferson opinions be known even from the bench. Sandra Day O’Connor questioned ...

A lot of attention has been focused on St Francis of Assisi after Cardinal Bergoglio took the name of Francis upon his election as Pope. As well we should, because St. Francis taught his followers to ...

Lewis took two quick dribbles before rising into the air and slamming the ball with both hands, letting out a celebratory roar as he extended Independence’s lead to four points late in the ...