Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and ...

St. Francis is the medieval Catholic saint whose spirituality focused on loving the poor, creation, and peace.

His was a dramatic papacy, frustrating conservatives and progressives alike. Beloved by the faithful, he leaves behind a ...

Communities across the globe, including those in Southern Colorado, spent the day Monday honoring the life of Pope ...

Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition 10:43. Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, had an informal, lighthearted speaking style, and sometimes he even created words in a combination of his native Spanish with the Italian that he spoke as pope.

He set many precedents: the first Jesuit pope, the first to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi and the first from the Global South.

And those words came to me: the poor, the poor. Then, right away, thinking of the poor, I thought of Francis of Assisi. Then I thought of all the wars, as the votes were still being counted ...