Just 10 days after Pope Francis was appointed head of the Catholic Church, he received an ominous gift from his predecessor — ...

On an October day in 1979, Pope John Paul II visited a small rural Catholic Church.It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity ...

Cardinals from around the world must gather for the conclave in which Francis’ successor is selected. It typically takes ...

Pope Francis strayed from the more conservative path forged by his predecessors Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict. But in death, Francis will be following in many of John Paul’s footsteps.

When Pope Francis took over in 2013, the Catholic Church was embroiled in a global scandal over child sex abuse by ... and found former pope John Paul II ignored advice against promoting McCarrick ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...

Pope Francis, whose 12-year papacy ushered in a more open, welcoming Catholic Church that prioritized empathy for the poor ...

Pope Francis meets Cuba's Fidel Castro, as Castro's wife Dalia Soto del Valle looks on, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Sept. 20, ...

P ope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader who guided the church through an era of crisis, died Monday, April 21, ...

As Pope Francis looked out across the Phoenix Park in Dublin in August 2018, the gloomy grey skies and the sparsely scattered ...

An autobiography is not our private story, but rather the baggage we carry with us,” Pope Francis said in his recollections, ...