Francis made history in 2015 when he met with students at Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem, New York.

By the time Francis took over as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013, meetings between the president and the pontiff had ...

Pope Francis, 88, died weeks after he was discharged from the hospital following a lengthy battle with double pneumonia and ...

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

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

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

Pope Francis’ death certificate, released by the Vatican, said he died in his apartment at 7:35 a.m. from cerebral stroke, ...

Prayers are being held today at Catholic centers in metro Detroit for Pope Francis, who died at 88. Catholics and others in ...

Pope Francis met with Presidents Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden during his time leading the Catholic Church.

Francis made his final public appearance on Easter Sunday. He appeared very frail and had delegated the celebration of the ...

ABC News Medical Contributor Dr. Alok Patel discusses the health issues Pope Francis had been suffering in the weeks before ...

President Trump ordered flags across the United States to be flown at half-staff out of respect for Pope Francis, who died ...