The Rev. Dan Hess, who studied in Rome while Pope Francis began his papacy, described the pope's call to shake things up as ...

VATICAN CITY — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: ...

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

With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.

Barbie Nadeau reports Pope Francis lived a humble lifestyle. He lived a small Vatican hotel usually used for visiting priests ...

Pope Francis, spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, died on Monday aged 88, the Vatican announced. Cardinal ...

Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, did not attend an annual procession on Friday at Rome's Colosseum with ...

Pope Francis has visited Rome’s main prison and kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday: ...

In a process that can last days, weeks, or even years, popes are elected by cardinals under strict oaths of silence.

Here are some of the top candidates to succeed Pope Francis – and insightful clues from papal history that could show how the ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.