From the Cardinals assembled in conclave after Benedict XVI’s resignation, he was elected Pope on 13 March 2013 and took the ...

Pope Francis’ face was forever hidden from the world when his coffin was closed at 8 o’clock on Friday evening, April 25, ...

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At Loras College, a Catholic liberal arts institution in Dubuque, students and staff have created several opportunities for ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, ...

The Vatican said Francis died of a cerebral stroke that put him into a coma and led to irreversible heart failure.