With one ceremony, Francis nearly doubled the 480 saints made by St. John Paul II over his quarter-century pontificate, which at the time was more than all his predecessors combined for 500 years.

As the pallbearers approached with Francis atop their shoulders, the faithful in rows behind, Morenatti used an extendable ...

The Vatican also said Francis had relayed in a final statement his wishes to be buried at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. When he was elected in 2013, Pope Francis said he chose his name ...

AFP via Getty Images Typically, papal funerals are held four to six days after the death in St. Peter’s Square, but Francis had said that, unlike his predecessors, he would not be laid to rest ...

Since his release from the hospital nearly a month ago, Pope Francis has been slowly returning to work and has made several ...

"He made us feel at home." The Rev. Peter Short of St. Michaels Mission in northeastern Arizona in the Navajo Nation was similarly heartened by Pope Francis' character upon meeting him years ...

Pope Francis smiles after celebrating Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.(AP) Upon his ascension to the papacy, the late pontiff chose the name Francis in honour of St. Francis of ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was anointed as the Pope, he chose to rename himself as Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval saint who founded the Franciscans, one of the largest ...

He became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and elevated to cardinal in 2001 by St. John Paul II. He was elected the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, on the fifth ballot. FILE – Pope Francis ...