Pope Francis transformed women's roles in the Catholic Church without changing doctrine. His legacy: creating pathways for ...

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. As tributes pour in from around the world, the Vatican faces a transition.

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

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

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of ...

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

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons. But he upheld it ...

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

With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.

Pope Francis sought to make the church more welcoming, global and collegial, after his predecessors adopted more doctrinaire ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...