Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin presided over the solemn Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday held in St. Peter’s ...

Pope Francis was a shining witness of a Church that bends down with tenderness towards those who are wounded and heals with ...

Jeff Bark’s elaborately composed scenes channel sundered American fantasies. They also function as personal folklore.

Pope Francis has been buried in Rome, with hundreds of thousands of people and dozens of world leaders attending his funeral ...

Authorities said 140,000 had lined the streets, clapping and waving as the hearse – a repurposed white popemobile – crossed ...

Visitors have noticed a unique atmosphere at the Vatican in the days before Pope Francis's funeral and the conclave.

Pope Francis has been buried in Rome after a funeral ceremony and procession attended by hundreds of thousands of people and many heads of state.

Pope Francis was the 266th pontiff, having taken over from Pope Benedict in 2013. Francis made history as the first pope ...

In a solemn and majestic funeral that ended moments ago, the Roman Catholic Church laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pope ... bishop to a cardinal. Pilgrims from Ecuador said ...

As news of the pope’s death traveled across the globe, observers fondly remembered a man who bought his own eyeglasses, got ...

The first Latin American and Jesuit pope was determined to lead a more welcoming, pastoral and merciful Church outward to a ...