As I sat among the more than 200,000 people who came to Rome to grieve the loss and celebrate the life of Pope Francis, one word kept running through my mind − mercy. I thought of the pope’s ...

World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his ...

Numerous leaders will travel to Vatican City, the papal enclave surrounded by Rome, for the funeral services of Pope Francis. The beloved religious head died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday ...

When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals’ delight and conservatives’ horror. Such ancient teachings as the ...

Pope Francis’ funeral brought world leaders, monarchs, and hundreds of thousands of people to Rome on Saturday to bid him farewell in a ceremony of breathtaking spectacle that offered age-old ...

Pallbearers stand next to the hearse carrying the coffin of late Pope Francis near the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome on Saturday. (Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images) 0 min Pope Francis has ...

Farrell then made a statement announcing the news: "At 7:35 this morning, The Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the Father's house. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and ...

In 2017, Pope Francis met President Donald Trump for the first and only time, and defused months of tension with the mention of a Slovenian pastry. During that meeting, which included some of ...