Christians from around the world prayed for Pope Francis at a solemn Mass on Wednesday at Jerusalem's centuries-old Church of ...

The death of a pope, and the election of a new pontiff, is adorned with high ritual and elaborate ceremony. For more about how the Catholic Church will celebrate and mourn Pope Francis, and what comes ...

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis frequently called with the only Catholic church in Gaza to see how people ...

Pontiff had complex relationship with Jews and Israel; he denounced antisemitism and met hostages and their families, but ...

Hundreds gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for prayers for the late pontiff led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

FILE - Pope Francis prays at Israel's separation barrier on his way to a mass in Manger Square next to the Church of the Nativity ... in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday, May 25, 2014.

Even during his final hospitalization, Pope Francis made time for a daily phone call to Gaza’s only Catholic parish. His ...

Currently, 135 cardinals are aged under 80 and eligible under Church law to enter a conclave to elect a pope after Francis ...

Pope Francis died Monday; here are the front runners for the Vatican leadership, and what they've said about Jews, Israel and ...

Pope Francis did call out Hamas as “evil” and called for them to return Israeli hostages. Yet these moments of moral clarity ...

Tributes to Pope Francis are pouring in from around the world. The Vatican announced the pontiff’s death on Monday at age 88.