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 ...

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and first Latin American pontiff ... Church visited the Bay State ...

Mercy was a central theme for Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, from his election in 2013 — the first Jesuit and first Latin American ... pattern of Pope John Paul II.