Pope Francis, like all Catholic priests, vowed to celibacy and thus was not married or had children. Here's what we know ...

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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.

The funeral of Pope Francis, who died this week at 88, will be livestreamed Saturday on YouTube, available for free in ...

A Catholic Charities Boston leader, a couple from Mass. on their honeymoon and a Cambridge boys’ choir were thrilled to see ...

Pope Francis became the church’s 266th in 2013 when the papal conclave elected him after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

Ecuadorian soccer player Jackson Rodríguez’s wife and 5-year-old child were kidnapped early Wednesday, police reported, when men broke into their home in search of the Emelec defender, who ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, died at age 88 after battling health issues including pneumonia. His final public appearance was on Easter Sunday, and his last address focused on global ...

In Eastern Europe, where some RC leaders criticised the Pope’s openness to LGBT and other groups, the Polish bishops’ ...

A football fan says he is paying tribute to his late grandfather by getting every member of a World Cup-winning team to sign a handmade replica of the tournament's trophy - and now has Lionel Messi in ...

Gael Monfils earned his first Madrid Open victory since 2022, and at age 38 became the oldest player to win a match at the ...

Down a narrow street in Villa 31, the oldest of Buenos Aires's informal settlements, Father Ignacio "Nacho" Bagattini ...