Two of the five popes before Francis have become saints, but merely serving as pontiff is no longer a guarantee of ...

Pope Francis's funeral honored his legacy with symbolic items like his miter, crozier, rosary, fisherman's ring and more. Here's what each represents.

Pope Francis’s willingness to kneel before the least of us is a lesson in what it means to be great, not in the cocoon of ...

Father Jim Sichko visited Pope Francis as a Papal Missionary of Mercy. When Pope Francis stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter ...

Before he was Pope, Jorge Bergoglio was member 88235 of his beloved San Lorenzo soccer club. Now fans in Buenos Aires see a ...

The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic order founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola committed to spirituality and social action.

Cuba thaw and inked a deal with China on bishop appointments. His calls for peace and to fight climate change were not always ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, was as much a tireless advocate for nature as he was the poor and ...

As the world mourns Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88 of a stroke and cardiac arrest, the Catholic Church is fulfilling a series of centuries-old rites – and preparing for the selection ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Jason Horowitz and Emma Bubola Reporting from Rome and Vatican City Follow our live coverage for the funeral of Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica. The death of Pope ...

Father James Martin shares personal memories and insights of his longtime champion and fellow Jesuit Pope Francis, who passed ...