Faithful gather in front of St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome.

Vatican News has reported that Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on ...

Pope Francis' passion for soccer was evident throughout his pontificate. But Francis, who died Monday at 88, also turned to ...

Throughout his 12-year papacy, Pope Francis maintained a close association with the Church in India, with a visit long on the cards ...

Cardinals are meeting at the Vatican to make the first decisions about running the Catholic Church following the death of ...

The St. Agnes Catholic Woman’s Club met March 18, beginning the meeting with the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance, a Lenten prayer service and grace prior to the meal. An Irish dinner was served ...

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

Francis had been lauded during his time as pontiff for his progressive views after taking on church traditionalists and ...

The pontiff died of a cerebral stroke that put him in a coma and led to irreversible heart failure. He was 88 years old.

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died at 88. The Vatican said he died of a stroke that put him into a coma and ...

Just as hundreds of people had gathered at the Vatican each night to recite the rosary when Pope Francis was hospitalized, ...

Pope Francis has died at 88, the Vatican confirmed in the early hours of Easter Monday. “At 7:35 a.m., he returned to the ...