Pope Leo XIV will meet with Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, ...

Pope Leo XIV has extended his vacation at Castel Gandolfo by two days. How does he relax? And what have other popes done with ...

CBS News senior correspondent Norah O'Donnell is watching and waiting to see how Pope Leo XIV widens Francis' legacy of ...

Pope Francis makes a short and unannounced visit to St. Peter's Basilica to pray before the Easter vigil on Saturday evening and greet some of the faithful present. April 20.

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 ...

Marcel and Ann Muñoz were decked out with their three kids in shirts reading, "Da Pope" when they went to see Pope Leo XIV ...

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, the 266th pope of the Catholic Church, has died at age 88. The Vatican will observe a nine-day mourning period, and the College of Cardinals will convene to elect a new pope.

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

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.