Participants from the US and Africa urged scientific and economic thinkers on climate to consider spiritual concepts raised ...

The professors have raised concerns about what they say was confusion and ambiguity caused by some of the late pope's actions ...

On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV said he was following the humanitarian crisis taking place in Gaza with “great concern,” saying the ...

When Pope Francis became pontiff: A timeline of his religious journey and career. Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose ...

Pope Francis, like all Catholic priests, vowed to celibacy and thus was not married or had children. Here's what we know about his family.

Pope Francis, 266th occupant of the throne of St. Peter, has died Pope Francis, orginally of Argentina, succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, the first pope to retire in six centuries.

Pope Francis' health struggles meant he was unable to lead the annual Ash Wednesday church service on March 5 that opens the 40-day Christian season of Lent that culminates in Easter.

Pope Francis transformed the Catholic Church's approach to economics by prioritizing people over profits. His advocacy for ...

Pope Francis died on April 21. Here's what to know, where he was born and how he died. Plus, how Pope Benedict's resignation spurred his election.

Pope Francis was admitted Feb. 14 to a Rome hospital. Four days later, he was diagnosed with bilateral, or double, pneumonia. Feb. 28: Pope has 'worst night' in hospital.

With those words, Pope Francis changed my life,” wrote John Boehner, former speaker of the U.S. House and a lifelong Catholic, in a tribute on X. Boehner has previously explained that the visit ...

Pope Francis’ cardinals had a minority voice among U.S. bishops, and in the final years of his papacy, powerful conservative lay Catholics once again made ending abortion their dominant priority.