The sounds of bells and prayerful chants echoed throughout Vatican City as Francis’ body was carried in a simple wooden ...

Dignitaries and world leaders will attend the pope’s funeral. But the thousands of people lining up to see Francis on ...

Maria Pia Caruso travelled to Rome from her hometown in northern Italy after she learned Pope Francis had died at age 88, to ...

Thousands of people poured into St. Peter's Basilica on Wednesday to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is ...

Pope Francis’ coffin was carried in a procession from his residency at the Vatican to St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, where ...

Pope Francis has confronted the Catholic Church's child sex abuse scandal by sanctioning clergy and mandating reporting.

The rite began in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, where Francis lived for the 12 years of his pontificate, and where he ...

Pope Francis’s devoted faithful will likely soon be hollering for the late, humble, huddled-masses-loving pontiff to be ...

He served as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years. Read more here. Congressional leaders honored Pope Francis, who became the first pontiff to address Congress during his visit to ...

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around the world, has died at the age of 88. The Vatican said Pope ...

Pope Francis, who rose from janitor to the Catholic Church’s most powerful leader by proving equally at ease with ...

Pope Francis was the first pope to visit Iraq, a historic event still remembered by Chaldeans in metro Detroit who mourned ...