The Catholic faithful took heart when the pontiff, after two brushes with death, emerged from a hospital and resumed some of ...

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

Tributes poured in from global leaders. President José Ramos-Horta of East Timor said that Francis’ death was the “greatest ...

I'm not a Catholic who follows the Vatican's commands unquestioned. But Pope Francis worked hard to make the church more ...

Pope Francis has died of a stroke and cardiac arrest following previous complications with double pneumonia, according to the ...

The Vatican has not announced a date for the funeral. Hours before his death was announced early Monday, Francis met briefly ...

After the death of Pope Francis on April 21, there will be a conclave to elect his successor and these are the cardinals ...

Pope Francis is being mourned at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC after the Vatican shared news of his death Monday.

The pontiff’s death initiated a well-structured series of rituals designed to mourn the loss of the 1.3 billion-member church ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of ...

He will go down in history as the 'pope for the marginalized,' a Catholic leader in Naples, said of Pope Francis ...

In his will, Pope Francis asked for a simple burial, with his tomb only bearing the inscription, "Franciscus." ...