Calif., explained why Democrats should not be looking for the next Barack Obama during a recent town hall in Bridgewater, New ...

An audience with the pope is a day to remember. But only on Capitol Hill would the day after the pope visited become even ...

On a sunny, September day in 2015, Pope Francis became the first pope to ever address a joint session of Congress. It was his only visit to the United States and one that changed the people who met ...

President Donald Trump, officials in his administration and other U.S. political leaders issued statements expressing ...

After the funeral for Pope Francis, there are nine days of official mourning. During this period, cardinals arrive in Rome to ...

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

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

In the hours following Pope Francis’ death Monday, leaders from Illinois — including former President Barack Obama and Gov. JB Pritzker — offered their condolences and urged the world to embrace the ...

By the time Francis took over as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013, meetings between the president and the pontiff had become commonplace. During the dozen years that he served as the pontiff, ...

US President Barack Obama, left, meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican - Thursday 27 March 2014. ...

Former President Barack Obama has kept busy since he left office. From impromptu family vacations to court-mandated jury duty, the 63-year-old has led a pretty ordinary life in the years following his ...