Pope Francis decreed he would be buried in a simple underground tomb — with only “Franciscus” written on it — at St. Mary ...

POPE Francis died from a cerebral stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure on Easter Monday, the Vatican has ...

POPE Francis’ final testament has been revealed as the pontiff asked to be buried in a simple tomb underground. The leader of ...

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

World leaders remembered Pope Francis as "a beacon of compassion" after the death on Monday of the leader of the world's 1.4 ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Argentine pontiff who initiated a historic process of reforms in the Church in 2013, also ...

The death of Pope Francis has prompted an outpouring of condolences from global leaders and institutions, who praised his ...

The death of Pope Francis has prompted an outpouring of condolences from global leaders and institutions, who praised his ...

Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced the sad news that 88-year-old Pope Francis passed away at around ...

The 1980 execution of four American churchwomen was one of the most shocking human rights crimes of the twentieth century. No ...

The late pontiff died at the age of 88 after going through a severe bout of penumonia. In his last Easter address on Sunday, ...

The pope’s death was announced by the Vatican in a statement on X, a day after Francis appeared in his wheelchair to bless ...