Two weeks after his surprise election as pontiff, Pope Francis carried out the Maundy Thursday ritual of washing and kissing ...

Over the centuries, the outcome of conclaves has been impossible to predict. But if the cardinals named by Francis vote ...

Pope Francis was the 266th pontiff, having taken over from Pope Benedict in 2013. Francis made history as the first pope ...

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

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, died following recent hospitalizations, a day after delivering his final Easter ...

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, has died. The church’s 266th leader, the 88-year-old pontiff died Monday ...

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, whose warm, humble, no-nonsense manner galvanized the Roman Catholic ...

Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs who forged a ...

As a pope who wanted to stay close to the people and at times advocated a more moderate line at the Church, Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America ... with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,” Cardinal Kevin Farrell’s statement released by the Vatican ...

Pope Francis passed away earlier this morning (21 April), the Vatican says, and now the process for a new pope will begin ...

Pope Francis, whose warm, humble, no-nonsense manner galvanized the Roman Catholic Church and drew widespread admiration from ...