Hours after Israel's Foreign Ministry posted a condolence for the passing for Pope Francis, it was deleted without ...

On the night of his election on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis told the assembled faithful from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica that “tomorrow I wish to go and pray to the Madonna.” And so he did, ...

Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...

Francis, who had advocated for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, visited Israel and the occupied West Bank in 2014 ...

Writing exclusively for The Independent, former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby recalls his meetings with Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis — the first pontiff from the Americas, who clashed with traditional Catholics but was hailed as a reformer by progressives — died on Monday, a day after Easter, at age 88. The pope had ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as he recovered from a five-week ...

Vatican launches mourning rites, prepares conclave VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and its first Latin American and Jesuit leader, died ...

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, after 12 years as spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church. His death has ...

The head of the Catholic Church appeared on the Vatican balcony just hours before his death to address those who had gathered in the city to hear his words on Easter Sunday ...

The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the ...