Although he created two commissions to consider whether women could serve as deacons, who, like priests, are ordained, but ...

Pope Francis' tenure coincided with a surge in global migration. He urged leaders across the world to be compassionate.

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

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the ...

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

Hezbollah hailed Pope Francis' "unequivocal positions calling for an end to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip." ...

After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing ...

Washington — President Trump honored Pope Francis after the Vatican announced Monday morning that the pontiff died at the age ...

During his final public appearance on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis called for an end to conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, using ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but ...

After spending more than five weeks in hospital for a bout of double pneumonia, doctors told Pope Francis he needed two ...

In his first seconds as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis asked the crowd to pray for him, showing the world what ...