Pope Francis was admitted to a Rome hospital on February 14 with bronchitis, which later turned into double pneumonia that ...

Upon his election to the papacy, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to hail from Latin America. His impact, though, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

Those being considered as the next Pope are listed in alphabetical order. According to the French press, he is known in some domestic Catholic circles as John XXIV, in a nod to his resemblance to Pope ...

Kerala government declared three-day mourning for Pope Francis. India also announced three days of mourning. The mourning ...

Melania Trump’s proclaimed fluency in Italian was not on display when she met Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2017.

Francis’ biggest conservative critic was the Vatican’s former ambassador to the U.S., Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano. In 2018, ...

Pope Francis died of a cerebral stroke and irreversible heart failure, the Vatican’s top doctor said Monday. The stroke led ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

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

Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...

Francis, the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88 after suffering a ...