When Jorge Mario Bergoglio became pope in 2013, he chose a name no pontiff had ever taken: Francis. It was inspired by St ...

Pope Francis called on the world and 1.4 billion Catholics to confront climate change. He brought attention to the issue but ...

One of the focuses of Pope Francis was the environment and climate change. He was the first to take the name of St. Francis ...

Pope Francis has died after leading the Roman Catholic Church for more than a decade. His last public appearance was on the ...

April 23, the patron saint’s day of Pope Francis, is a holiday at the Vatican and the pope usually celebrated it with acts of ...

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas and a transformative figure in the modern Catholic Church, has died at 88, ...

Elgin-area Catholics looked back with fondness on the 12-year reign of Pope Francis, who died Monday of a cerebral stroke at ...

The Diocese of Corpus Christi will hold a special Mass remembering Pope Francis at 6:30 p.m. April 23 at Corpus Christi ...

St. Francis of Assisi, also known as "Father Francis," was an Italian religious figure and mystic from the 12th and 13th centuries, revered as the patron saint of animals and ecology. His life was ...

From papal bobbleheads and cheese sculptures to pterodactyl maps, Philly was lit for Pope Francis' 2015 visit.

To honor the Holy Father’s life and legacy, the SLO Mission will ring its bells 88 times on Monday afternoon — a papal ...

The first pope from Latin America preached about the humanity of immigrants, protecting the environment and famously – and ...