Pope Benedict was an ardent defender of Catholic traditions. Pope Francis, who died Monday, chose a more liberal direction.

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...

Even as the more than 1.4 billion Roman Catholics around the world continue to mourn Pope Francis, speculation is building as ...

We are witnessing a calculated effort by the United Nations to thwart the essential conditions of "never again," namely: ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

Tributes to Pope Francis have been made by churches of the Anglican Communion worldwide, following his death announced by the ...

Pope Francis’ transformative pontificate—from deep Roman Curia reforms and Vatican financial transparency to a global ...

After Pope Francis’s death at the age of 88, the process of electing the next pontiff will begin. Cardinal electors, the vast ...

Argentina-born Pope Francis, who died on Monday, is being honoured at his local hometown soccer club in Buenos Aires, San ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...

(James Hill | The New York Times) Bishops and cardinals during the funeral service of Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's ...