Pope Francis passed away at the Vatican on April 21, after leading the Catholic faithful since March 2013. His election as ...

The Catholic Church mourns Pope Francis's death after almost 12 years of service. Saint Peter is historically known as the ...

Pope Francis failed a key moral test in his failure to identify and condemn Russia's war on Ukraine and China's Uyghur ...

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome.

The idea that the Vatican has God on speed-dial was one of the first things tossed off the balcony in St Peter’s Square by Jorge Mario Bergoglio after he was elected pontiff. He told the world ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of ...

Francis visited the same Roman prison on Holy Thursday in 2018 to celebrate the mass “In Coena Domini” -- or The Lord’s Supper -- with the traditional rite of washing feet to commemorate ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17 1936 in the Flores district of Buenos Aires, the eldest of five children in a ...

Cardinals from around the world must gather for the conclave in which Francis’ successor is selected. Who's on the shortlist?