Numerous leaders will travel to Vatican City, the papal enclave surrounded by Rome, Italy, for the funeral services of Pope ...

Christians from around the world prayed for Pope Francis at a solemn Mass on Wednesday at Jerusalem's centuries-old Church of ...

Pontiffs have been players in global affairs for hundreds of years. Pope Francis carved out his own form of global influence.

Pope Francis used his position to advance compassion and to call for peace. It is a message the world needed to hear and ...

ROME, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital — In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent evening ritual: He ...

As Pope Francis is remembered for his outreach to communities far beyond the Vatican, his relationship with the Holy Family ...

Catholic nuns pray during Pope Francis Memorial Mass, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Johannesburg, South Africa, ...

The pontiff’s pursuit of fairness and criticisms of the powerful preying on the vulnerable didn’t just extend out past the church’s own walls but also turned inward, including with perhaps the ...

President Trump’s presence at the Vatican funeral marks a rare moment of reverence amid a complex relationship with the late ...

Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus — also known as the Jesuits. It's one of the most ...

Tears mixed with smiles as a dense crowd flocked to the requiem mass for the pope at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre ...

U.S. President Donald Trump accused Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky of jeopardizing peace talks to end the war because ...