Pope Francis was an incredibly popular pontiff, at least among non-Catholics. The mainstream media lapped up his rebukes of ...

As tens of thousands of Catholics wait in hourslong lines to pay their respects to Pope Francis, many are debating the ...

I'm not a Catholic who follows the Vatican's commands unquestioned. But Pope Francis worked hard to make the church more ...

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

Pope Francis will be laid to rest Saturday at an ancient church in Rome following a funeral​ Mass at the Vatican. Here's what ...

Changes during Pope Francis' tenure changes barely scratched the surface of securing full equality for women in the Catholic ...

In contrast, Pope Francis recognised that Christians must go “beyond the walls” to embrace humanity as a whole. In his vision ...

Pope Francis was widely seen as a transformative figure who boldly tried to address the challenges affecting the Catholic ...

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

Pope Francis, who led the Roman Catholic Church for the past 12 years, has died. He died on Monday morning after suffering a ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

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