The personality and outreach of Pope Francis attracted worldwide admiration. Though he did not stray from Catholic doctrine, ...

As cardinals prepare to enter the Sistine Chapel in a few days to elect a new pope, they are engaged in intense discussions ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's 266th pontiff, was the first Jesuit to lead the church in its nearly 2,000-year history.

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of ...

Bells tolled in Catholic churches around the world as news spread of Francis' death at age 88. He served as the leader of the ...

Pope Francis sought to make the church more welcoming, global and collegial, after his predecessors adopted more doctrinaire ...

Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition 10:43. Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged ...

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

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

He will go down in history as the 'pope for the marginalized,' a Catholic leader in Naples, said of Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's first Latin American pontiff, has died, the Vatican announced Monday. He was 88. Francis ...