The funeral of Pope Francis today is expected to be simpler than those of other popes before him, going by the instructions ...

Pope Francis I's death was announced on Easter Monday, just hours after he delivered remarks to followers from St Peter's ...

At the school in Buenos Aires where he started his religious journey at the young age of five, the nuns remember the boy who ...

P ope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader who guided the church through an era of crisis, died Monday, April 21, ...

After the funeral for Pope Francis, there are nine days of official mourning. During this period, cardinals arrive in Rome to ...

Following Pope Francis's death, the papal conclave will elect a new pope. Here are some of the contenders to become the next ...

There are said to be more than a billion Catholics in the world and almost 100 million Anglicans. Right now, all of them are ...

POPE FRANCIS once defined his idea of heaven as “to go out one day, without being recognised, and go to a pizzeria.” The ...

In January, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington ... Perhaps his most famous words were, “Who am I to judge?” in response to a question about gay (and celibate) priests.

Further south, in Bajo Flores, is the stadium of the San Lorenzo football club, founded by a priest in 1908, of which the Pope was the most famous fan ... before becoming Archbishop of Buenos ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, according to the death certificate released by the Vatican.

The Archbishop of Chicago ... and he had a wicked sense of humor," said Cupich. Cupich noted the famous sign mounted outside Pope Francis' room at the Vatican's Domus Sanctae Marthae hotel.