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

The Vatican releases first images of Pope Francis, showing him in his casket with the Vatican secretary of state praying over ...

In his homily, Bishop Oscar Cantú described Francis as a beacon of hope in a time of cynicism and disillusionment ...

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

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic ...

Hundreds of visitors gathered in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square on Monday, April 21 to mourn the death of Pope Francis.

The Catholic faithful took heart when the pontiff, after two brushes with death, emerged from a hospital and resumed some of ...

One of the most long-lasting impacts of Pope Francis' pontificate may be his appointment of more women than ever before to ...

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

Yahoo News looks back on the legacy of Pope Francis — born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1936 — ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate ...