As Pope Francis, the 226th leader of the world’s Catholic Christians, died on Monday, messages of mourning and remembrance ...

The death of Pope Francis on Monday has triggered time-honoured traditions that will ultimately lead to the election of a new ...

Curbing trade with China to curry favor with the United States would be “selfish and shortsighted,” the government said, ...

Francis signaled a very different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset by scandal ...

Pope Francis, a transformative figure who passed away at 88, leaves behind a legacy of reshaping the Catholic Church with ...

The Pope has died aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday. Pope ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of Italian immigrant stock. He was ordained ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, died at 88, the Vatican confirmed in a statement. Pope Francis was the first ...

The Catholic Church will embark on the lengthy process of selecting its new head, in the wake of Pope Francis’ death following his battle with double pneumonia.

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, upheld it in ...

Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but ...