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

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta ...

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Pope Francis, 88, died weeks after he was discharged from the hospital following a lengthy battle with double pneumonia and ...

I'm not a Catholic who follows the Vatican's commands unquestioned. But Pope Francis worked hard to make the church more ...

By the time Francis took over as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013, meetings between the president and the pontiff had ...

When Archbishop William E. Lori got a text around 4 a.m. Monday informing him of the death of Pope Francis, he said he felt ...

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

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

The Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy, who was appointed by Pope Francis in 2019, reflects on the ...

During Francis’ time as pope, he spoke on a wide array of controversial and political issues, including immigration, same-sex ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, ...