India has declared a three-day State Mourning in honor of Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 on April 21, 2025, at the ...

Upon his election to the papacy, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to hail from Latin America. His impact, though, ...

Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of the Archdiocese of San Antonio has released a statement in response to the death of Pope ...

Father Madison Hayes is a priest for the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau based in the Mat-Su Valley. In 2017, he was sent to the Pontifical North American College in Rome and lived in the Vatican for ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” ...

A Cincinnati couple shares their unforgettable experience of meeting Pope Francis during their honeymoon in 2017.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

The death of the 88-year-old pontiff puts into motion the process of selecting a successor, according to longstanding Vatican traditions.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the senior Vatican official who announced Pope Francis' death on Monday morning, will serve as head of the Catholic Church until a new pope is elected, according to the Vatican ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

LYON, France (AP) — Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from ...

Donnelly spent a lot of time with Pope Francis the last few years as he served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See (Vatican).