The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Francis died just over a month after his 12th anniversary as pope. He had the ninth longest papacy of the past 200 years.

As the Catholic world mourns the Pope, Catholic leaders look ahead to the conclave, the process by which Catholic Cardinals ...

Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday:Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario ...

Pope Francis made good on his dedication to the less fortunate -- washing the feet of prisoners, embracing the marginalized and often rising in an open-air car instead of the bullet-proof popemobile ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor, has died Monday. He was 88.

Harvard University has ordered those on its Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus to shelter in place after MBTA Transit police ...

A trade deal between India and the U.S. could significantly enhance economic ties between the two countries and potentially ...

The Massachusetts State Police are searching for a missing boy after they fell into the Merrimack River near the Tsongas ...

The strikes come after U.S. airstrikes hit the Ras Isa fuel port in Yemen last week, killing at least 74 people and wounding ...

Andrew Vaughn hit a two-run homer, pinch-hitter Edgar Quero added a go-ahead, two-run single and the Chicago White Sox ...

Dylan Efron recently saved two women from drowning in Miami. Efron recalled the moment he saved two women from drowning in ...