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

The Vatican announced Pope Francis passed away early Monday morning. Instead of being shocked and dismayed, the Catholic community in Oklahoma City is saying it’s a beautiful time for the ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

Father Kevin Burke, vice president for University Mission at Regis University in Denver, described the Pope’s passing soon ...

Amid the extreme political polarization in his home country, the Pope found himself at odds with nearly every President.

John Mellencamp's daughter remembers the call she got from him to say her sister Teddi's cancer had returned. 'Drop everything,' the singer told her.

When I met Pope Francis, I was 12 years old. It was a very dark time for me and my family,” recalled one New Yorker whose ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. “At 7:35 ...

Pope Francis will long be remembered for his outreach to those on the margins of the Church and of society,’ said Archbishop ...