VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican ...

After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing ...

Pope Francis has died aged 88, the Vatican has announced. Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, said that the Pope ...

So declared Pope Francis in October 2014, just over a year-and-a-half after he was elected, as he beatified Pope Paul VI, who ...

He was a pope of other firsts. He took the name, Francis, in honour of Saint Francis of Assisi, becoming the first uniquely ...

Francis, who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was admitted to Gemelli ...

Considered dogmatic as a young priest, the Argentinian Jesuit emerged during his papacy as an advocate of mercy, humility, ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method — a system known as the Papal conclave.

Those on the right who longed for greater doctrinal rigor overlooked the evangelical primacy of the dispossessed. A good man ...

Here is what happens next in the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis, which was announced by the ...

A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The pope is chosen during a ...

P ope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader who guided the church through an era of crisis, died Monday, April 21, ...