Since attending World Youth Day for the first time as pope in 2013, Pope Francis encouraged young people to invite God into ...

Despite the two decades since his death, John Paul still has a great deal to teach us about human dignity, God’s boundless mercy and the treasures of our faith.

How I would like a Church that is poor and for the poor,” Pope Francis said shortly after becoming the leader of 1-billion-plus Catholics worldwide in 2013. This assertion ...

Pope Francis died Monday, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for ...

In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day. (photo: Gregorini Demetrio ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

Many of the rituals and procedures of selecting a new pope — designed to ensure secrecy and an orderly transition — have ...

Yahoo News looks back on the legacy of Pope Francis — born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1936 — ...

Australian Catholics are mourning and remembering Pope Francis as a man of simple piety who gave them hope for the church's ...