The $1.6 million cuts are just a fraction of the grants canceled by the National Endowment for the Humanities in recent weeks ...

Throughout his pontificate, Francis spoke out for the rights of refugees and criticised countries that shunned migrants. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos and brought a dozen refugees to Italy on ...

A Shepherd for the Poor and Humble Beginnings Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936 to Italian-immigrant parents in Argentina, Pope Francis’s life has been marked by simplicity and solidarity with the ...

Pope Francis was a man of the people, who will be remembered most for his compassion, his courage and his humility, writes ...

Pope Francis charmed the world with those poignant acts of love, humility and informality, starting with his first appearance ...

Vatican City. Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but his attempts to make the Catholic Church more inclusive and ...

Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but ...

Francis was 76 when he was elected to the post and his health was generally good for most of his papacy. He recovered well ...

Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...

Pope Francis reshaped the modern papacy by rejecting its pomp and privilege, but his push to make the Catholic Church more ...

Francis inherited a deeply divided Church after the resignation in 2013 of his predecessor, Benedict XVI. The conservative-progressive gap became a chasm after Francis was elected the first ...