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New Orleans’ half a million Roman Catholics joined their fellow believers around the world Monday to mourn the death of Pope ...

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The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Pope Francis believed people needed to come together, break bread with one another, and really hear each other, a religion scholar said.

A good man died in Rome today, mourned by many around the world who never knew either him or his Jesus.

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

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

Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition - Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the ...

Pope Francis reformed views on the death penalty and nukes, upheld abortion stance, and reached out to Muslims and ...