Francis' death comes one day after the pope, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a respiratory ...

Cardinals prepare to gather in Rome for the conclave to decide on Francis’ successor and the direction they want the church ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Pope Francis has died at age 88. Bells tolled in churches from his native Argentina to the Philippines and across Rome as ...

World leaders remembered Pope Francis as “a beacon of compassion,” reacting with sadness after the leader of the world’s 1.4 ...

He made his last public appearance on Easter Sunday — a day before his death — to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s ...

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

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said on Monday. He was 88, ...