Here is an explanation of some of the terms and practices related to the time between the death of Pope Francis April 21 and ...

Pope Francis' solemn funeral Mass will be broadcast and livestreamed by multiple media outlets April 26, providing several ...

Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, "will long be remembered for his outreach to those on the margins of the Church ...

Centuries of experience dealing with the death, or occasional resignation, of a pope has left the Catholic Church with ...

Pope Francis was the ‘people’s pope,’” Bishop Kevin Kenney reflected recently as people around the world mourned the loss of ...

With his death April 21, Pope Francis marked yet another first in the history of the Catholic Church: he became the first ...

President Donald Trump, officials in his administration and other U.S. political leaders issued statements expressing ...

U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, uses holy water to bless the body of Pope Francis in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court April 22 heard a case concerning a request from an interfaith group of Maryland parents to allow them ...

Over the course of his pontificate, Pope Francis held up two recurring images: the good shepherd who looks for the lost sheep ...

Before he was Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas, he was Jorge Mario Bergoglio -- a kid from Buenos Aires cheering for San Lorenzo, going to live games with his dad on Sundays.

In his efforts to promote a holistic defense of human life, Pope Francis frequently denounced a "throwaway culture" where ...