Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals gathered Tuesday at the Vatican to begin scheduling Pope Francis’ funeral and burial, planning ...

Pope Francis has died, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

Catholics from around Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire expressed both sorrow and gratitude for the late Pope ...

A new pope does not swoop in and openly set about undoing the legacy of another. But a lot can change as far as style, ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or campaign, but rather the ...

He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter’s Square, washing ...

Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on ...

Local religious and other leaders reacted to the news Monday morning of the death of Pope Francis at the age of ...

It was a great opportunity to have a Latino—somebody who looks like us, understands where we're coming from, and knows who we are,” explained Father Gervan Menezes of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a ...