Pope Francis sought to empower women and laity in synods, fueling conservatives' worry about LGBTQ+ inclusion and women's ...

Happy Earth Day to all who celebrate. Speaking of the planet, you might not be celebrating this news: the International ...

Francis never gave an explicit answer for not returning as pontiff to his native country, but some experts say he worried ...

During Francis’s papacy, evangelical Protestantism and secularism continued to remake Latin America’s religious geography, ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

On Monday, Gov. Tim Walz issued the proclamation, ordering all U.S. and Minnesota flags to be flown at half-staff at all ...

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals will meet Tuesday at the Vatican to begin scheduling Pope Francis' funeral and burial, planning the ...

Pope Francis had a close relationship with Gaza's tiny Christian community and used his last address to call for a ceasefire.

Pope Francis died April 21 in Rome. President Donald Trump ordered U.S. flags to fly at half-staff until the pontiff is ...

UAE Ambassador Omar Ghobash described Pope Francis as a courageous and compassionate leader, reflecting on their 2022 meeting ...

Pope Francis held strong relations with the United States throughout his papacy, and his visit to Washington in 2015 was ...