He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St.<a ...

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

A St. Peter’s Basilica burial is papal tradition, but it’s expected that Pope Francis will be laid to rest elsewhere, in ...

Leaders in Missouri, Kansas and across the nation are reacting after Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88.

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart failure. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced Pope Francis' death Monday morning. He will lead the Catholic Church until a new pope is ...

Flags across several US states are flying at half-staff today (April 21) to honor Pope Francis. This includes the states of ...

Pope Francis relished dramatic moments, and this turned out to be his curtain call: an Easter Sunday crowd filling a sunny St ...

Moorhouse and Ivana KottasováRome (CNN) — Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell became the acting head of the Vatican after Pope Francis’s death on Monday. Farrell is the camerlengo ...

Gov. Tony Evers has ordered flags across Wisconsin to fly half-staff in remembrance of Pope Francis, who died Monday at the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of Pope Francis’ final encounters before his death was with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who visited ...