As pope, Francis traveled to dozens of countries on five continents. In his last days, he stayed much closer to home.

Cardinals, meanwhile, met in private to finalize preparations for Saturday’s funeral and plan the conclave to elect Francis’ ...

COMMENTARY: Prioritizing the margins, he traveled to overlooked places, calling the Church to embrace its missionary mandate.

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The pope in Philadelphia in 2015 ... Visiting a school near Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, in 2024. The Asia-Pacific trip, an 11-day tour, was the longest and most complicated of his tenure.

In the Philippines, through a visit, episcopal appointments, and devotional actions among others, the pontiff set the tone ...

In memory of Pope Francis (1936–2025), this photo essay traces the journey of a pontiff who redefined the papacy with ...

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From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and of the Vatican City State, died at ...