After Tuesday’s main episode, editor-in-chief Alex Wood dials into New York to hear from three Tony Awards nominees as a bonus feature on the WhatsOnStage Podcast. It was a solid year for homegrown ...

As I sat among the more than 200,000 people who came to Rome to grieve the loss and celebrate the life of Pope Francis, one word kept running through my mind − mercy. I thought of the pope’s ...

Pope Francis’s devoted faithful will likely soon be hollering for the late, humble, huddled-masses-loving pontiff to be fast-tracked to sainthood, experts said Tuesday. But his fans should ...

Pope Francis’ last words before his death on Monday were an expression of thanks to his personal nurse and caregiver, Massimiliano Strappetti, the Vatican revealed Tuesday while describing the ...

The late Pope Francis sought to make the Catholic Church more welcoming to transgender and LGBTQ people, often causing stir among traditional conservative Catholics, even as he remained a staunch ...

World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his ...

Numerous leaders will travel to Vatican City, the papal enclave surrounded by Rome, for the funeral services of Pope Francis. The beloved religious head died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday ...

Pope Francis made a lasting impact during his 2015 visit to the United States, visiting Washington D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia. A girl named Gianna Masciantonio, who was battling a brain ...

About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...

Around 250,000 mourners flooded the streets of Rome to bid farewell to Pope Francis, widely known as the "People's Pope," at his funeral in St. Peter's Square on Saturday morning. Dignitaries ...

Pope Francis died at 88 on Monday — just one day after making an appearance at St. Peter’s Square in his final public appearance on Easter Sunday. Francis, 88, died of a stroke Monday after a ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a solemn ceremony in St. Peter’s Square, political and religious leaders joined a crowd of thousands in mourning the death of Pope Francis at his funeral Mass.