(AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool) Luca Zennaro Pope Francis arrives in St. Peter's Square to attend his weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 30, 2016.

The name of Robert Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — appeared in The Times three times when the future leader of 1.4 billion Catholics was growing up in Dolton, ...

The coffin of Pope Francis makes its way to St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Crowds waited hours to bid farewell to Francis.