VATICAN CITY -- Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the biggest crisis of his papacy, and one that eventually set the Catholic ...

For his final journey, Pope Francis, dressed in red vestments and a traditional white cassock, will be carried to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore outside the Vatican on Saturday, where he will be ...

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

Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter, a day before he died, ...

The Vatican began its final farewell to Pope Francis on Wednesday morning, as the late pontiff’s body was transferred to St.

Midday mass churchgoers in Wellington want the next Pope to carry on the legacy of Pope Francis by helping those in need, while remaining politically savvy.