On the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, his body will be displayed ...

Pope Francis' death Monday at the age of 88 comes after the Catholic leader experienced a number of health issues in recent years. Francis died at 7:35 a.m. Monday at his residence, the Vatican said.

Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s “trial of the century” have argued that Pope Francis violated the fundamental rights of their clients by issuing four secret decrees that gave prosecutors “surreal car ...

Pope Francis’s death on Monday launches the centuries-old Catholic ritual of mourning and selecting a new leader of the church. Bells rang early Monday to announce the death of Francis, who died at ...

As the conclave is held to select a new pope, LGBTQ Catholics hope that the next leader of the church will continue the inclusion work Pope Francis started more than 20 years ago. Pope Francis, who ...

Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends. Pope Francis died on Easter Monday after leading the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years, becoming a beacon of hope for progressive ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after a papacy of 12 years. Here are the key things to know about the death of the Argentine pontiff, the first from Latin ...

Pope Francis greets crowds in St. Peter's Square in 2014. Alfredo Borba via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was 12 years old, he sent a love letter to a girl named ...

SPRINGFIELD — Pope Francis did not make it easy for Northampton on Friday, but the visitors managed to do just enough to earn the victory. No. 4 Northampton girls basketball fended off a relentless ...

COMMENTARY: The great doctor of the Church carried out one of the most important evangelization efforts in the Counter-Reformation.

Etched into the ceiling of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome are the words Jesus Christ spoke to the apostle Peter the night before he died. “I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail,” Jesus ...

Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality pose for a photo after the synod's final working session on Oct. 26, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS ...