Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta ...

Simple words and gentle gestures -- that is how Long Islanders remember Pope Francis, a pontiff they loved and respected.

The Catholic faithful took heart when the pontiff, after two brushes with death, emerged from a hospital and resumed some of ...

By the time Francis took over as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013, meetings between the president and the pontiff had ...

Tributes poured in from around the world today after the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had died at 88. Tearful mourners ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...

“In one of his initial interviews, Pope Francis identified himself as a sinner in need of God’s mercy,” he stated. “He beseeches us in this moment of sadness to ask for such mercy. His chosen papal ...

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next ...