Pope Francis wrote about his wishes and plans for his own funeral in his memoir Hope: The Autobiography, which was published in January 2025. He specified which church he wished to be buried in and ...

The comments come after reports that Trump is hoping to use tariff negotiations with other countries to isolate China.

The shipping company's temporary new policy comes as President Trump continues to upend U.S. global trade policy.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli spent over four decades covering Rome. During her time, she covered the last three popes. But Poggioli ...

Kevin Farrell is the camerlengo, or acting head of the Vatican, until a new pope is elected. Here's what to know about ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope Francis died Monday, the day after Easter, at the age of 88. As ...

Pope Francis, one of the most popular popes in decades, has died. As the world mourns and reflects on his legacy, NPR would ...

Trump praised the pope at the start of Francis's papacy, in 2013. But relations soured during the 2016 election, when Francis criticized Trump's proposal to build a wall on the U.S.-Canada border.

The pope's death at the age of 88 ends a 12-year papacy that began with the historic resignation of Francis' predecessor in ...

Pope Francis travelled to Iraq in 2021, meeting a revered Shiite Muslim spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and ...

"Regardless of their partisan leanings, most U.S. Catholics regard Francis as an agent of change," Pew added. "Overall, about ...

A jury in Woodbury County recently reached a guilty verdict in the killing of a Sioux City man who was Native American. Advocates say the case is an example of how Indigenous people are at higher risk ...