On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the ...

Flags in Colorado will be flown at half-staff until sunset on the day of Pope Francis’ funeral, Gov. Jared Polis announced ...

Pope Francis preached tolerance for others, sometimes to the point of breaking with church orthodoxy and surprising his own ...

After the Vatican confirmed Pope Francis died April 21 at age 88, the Catholic Church has detailed the pontiff’s cause of ...

Three churches off East 10th Street — two historically Black, one historically Mexican — are weighing their options as ...

Pope Francis met with J.D. Vance and called for mercy for migrants during an Easter blessing the day before he died.

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

Pope Francis met with JD Vance shortly before he died, but the pontiff and Vance's boss did not see eye to eye.

The Vatican has postponed the canonization of Carlo Acutis, who was set to become the Catholic Church's first millennial ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich is a voting member of the College of Cardinals, the body that will hold the conclave to elect a ...

After Pope Francis died at the age of 88, many are wondering about the process in which new popes are selected ...

• “Pope Francis was a man of humility, compassion, great love and so much more. He was a true example to us on how to live as ...