As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...

In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral ...

The death of Pope Francis has sent shockwaves through Iraq’s Christian community, where his presence once brought hope after ...

Pope Francis preached tolerance for others, sometimes to the point of breaking with Catholic Church orthodoxy and surprising ...

Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...

Pope Francis, who visited more than 60 countries during his papacy, will make his final journey along the road from Vatican ...

Pope Francis’ passion for soccer was evident throughout his pontificate. A lifelong supporter of Argentine club San Lorenzo, ...

Good Catholics were supposed to embrace gay people but not their gayness. That’s hardly the arithmetic of equality.

Pope Francis died. Despite the longest hospitalization of his papacy earlier this year, he managed to greet the Easter crowd ...

Americans on the left and right are the most polarized they have been in the last 30 years. But nature, clean air and clean ...

The first pictures of Pope Francis' body following his death were released on Tuesday, and his funeral has been scheduled for ...

The pope visited the city in 2015, making stops that included Madison Square Garden, Central Park and a Harlem school.