Hezbollah hailed Pope Francis' "unequivocal positions calling for an end to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip." ...

Africa is home to some of the fastest-growing Catholic populations in the world and has over 250 million Catholics.

Pope Francis' tenure coincided with a surge in global migration. He urged leaders across the world to be compassionate.

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the ...

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

During his final public appearance on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis called for an end to conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, using ...

Francis was a deeply religious child in Buenos Aires. The first pontiff from Latin America tried to create a more welcoming ...

Bishop Joseph Strickland, the outspoken Texas cleric removed from his post by Pope Francis last year, responded to the ...

The pope was released from a lengthy hospital stay less than a month ago for a life-threatening respiratory condition.

After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing ...

ABC News contributor Father James Martin discusses the late pontiff’s personality and his “pastoral outreach” on LGBTQ+ ...