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

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.

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

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 ...

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

After the Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis had died, Catholics reflected on his teachings and shepherding of the ...

Pope Francis died at the age of 88 on April 21, the Vatican announced Years before his death at the age of 88, Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis died Monday morning in the Vatican City, less than a day after greeting a huge Easter Sunday gathering of ...