Opinion: There’s one in every family. The black and now red sheep. And we know who that is in the pope’s family, writes John Casey ...

Such a demanding job can be good for the brain and body. But Pope Leo XIV may also have to contend with challenges that are ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, saying his service to the poor and the church had propelled him to the papacy.

Pope Francis donated it before his passing, asking that it be used to care for injured and malnourished children.

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal When Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis’ funeral brought world leaders, monarchs, and hundreds of thousands of people to Rome on Saturday to bid him farewell in a ceremony of breathtaking spectacle that offered age-old ...

Pope Francis's death will be followed by a nine-day mourning period called Novemdiales, a tradition that dates back to Roman times. Vatican flags will fly at half-staff, and the bronze doors of St ...

April 26, 2025 • It's a day of remembrance, mourning and celebration as thousands gather in Rome to pay their respects and say farewell to Pope Francis. April 25, 2025 • Pope Francis' funeral ...

As I sat among the more than 200,000 people who came to Rome to grieve the loss and celebrate the life of Pope Francis, one word kept running through my mind − mercy. I thought of the pope’s ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died on April 21, 2025. Soon after the announcement of his death, people shared various statements and quotes he made over the course of his term.

World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his ...