In 2017, Pope Francis met President Donald Trump for the first and only time, and defused months of tension with the mention of a Slovenian pastry. During that meeting, which included some of ...

Main Street: Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai goes to jail—and Pope Francis says nothing. Images: Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly Pope Francis’ great contribution was to present the Catholic ...

Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88 on Monday, April 21, after a final appearance at St. Peter's Square following Easter Mass. His funeral will take place at 6 a.m. ET on Saturday ...

Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88 on Monday, April 21, after a final appearance at St. Peter's Square following Easter Mass. His funeral will take place at 6 a.m. ET on Saturday ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the biggest crisis of his papacy, and one that eventually set the ...

Pope Francis' first official trip, soon after he took the helm of the Catholic Church in 2013, set the tone for what was to come. He chose to visit the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa ...

Pope Francis was brought in solemn procession to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning, where the late pontiff will lie in state for three days for mourners to pay their final respects and ...

Pope Francis Death News: Pope Francis died of a stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure. The Vatican announced that Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church ...

"Pope Francis was really an inspiration for environmentalists," said Xavier University's sustainability coordinator Tim Sundrup. Pope Francis took his name from Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron ...

They met Pope Francis for the first time at the Vatican You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. After the death of Pope Francis on Monday ...

Our live coverage on the death of Pope Francis has concluded for the day. Please scroll through the posts below for the latest developments. A pope is normally chosen through a series of closed ...

Pope Francis was known for refocusing the Catholic Church on promoting social and economic justice rather than traditional moral teachings. The pope’s death came after he spent weeks in the ...