Pope Francis will be buried on Saturday, April 26, in Italy. People in Mississippi who want to watch the funeral service live ...

Those touched − figuratively and literally − by Pope Francis, the "People's Pope," during his only visit to the U.S. reflect ...

Pope Francis began his papacy in 2013 during the Obama administration, but former President Barack Obama is not planning to ...

Both Texas and United States flags are half-staff to honor the death of Pope Francis. The flags will remain lowered through ...

Pope Francis died Easter Monday, the Vatican announced. Here's a look at his time in the United States, including if he ever ...

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

When Pope Francis visited the United States in 2015, cheering crowds of Catholics and non-Catholics turned out in New York, ...

Pontiffs have been players in global affairs for hundreds of years. Pope Francis carved out his own form of global influence.

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

The pope’s attention to migration and climate change were well known, but the pope was also attentive to a number of other ...

For six days in September, 2015, Pope Francis made a historic visit to the United States, visiting some of the country's ...