The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

The pope and the president remade the Catholic church and American politics in their outsider images, but their relationship ...

Canadians are reacting to Pope Francis's death on Easter Monday, which came more than two months after he was hospitalized ...

Pope Francis’s tenure was punctuated by repeated clashes with American political leaders and sweeping efforts to install more ...

My Catholic identity and my wife’s Protestant identity continue to endure, and our faith has developed together in greater ...

Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...

King Charles's recent visit to the Vatican may appear to be simply a symbolic gesture of ecumenical goodwill. But moments ...