As the first Latin American and non-European pope in more than 1,000 years, Pope Francis's presence as the head of one of the ...

When Pope Francis visited New York City in 2015, he met and prayed with religious leaders of other faiths to spread a message ...

ATLANTA — Catholic civil rights group, the Catholic League, has written to a letter to the House Ethics Committee saying that ...

Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

As news of the pope’s death traveled across the globe, observers fondly remembered a man who bought his own eyeglasses, got ...

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...

The office of pope, successor of St. Peter, has always been steeped in symbolism. But as popes came and went, one symbol has ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, Catholic leaders in the Fox Valley, like the rest of the world, grieve and reflect on the pope's legacy.

Between the fourth and sixth day after the pope’s death, the papal funeral takes place in St. Peter’s Basilica or St. Peter’s Square.

Pope Francis met former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Dublin Castle in 2018 as part of a two-day visit to the Republic of Ireland ...

Despite having the world's fastest-growing Catholic population, odds are against Africa producing the next pontiff.

As Catholics around the world continue mourning the loss of Pope Francis, the Catholic Diocese of Biloxi held a special mass ...