Before mourners in their thousands gather in St. Peter’s Square to grieve, before leaders from around the world arrive to pay ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name ...

Louth people will be able to express their sorrow at the death of Pope Francis this week by signing books of condolences in the Town Hall, Dundalk and Drogheda. The Cathaoirleach of Dundalk Municipal ...

Pope transformed the church’s senior leadership, exposing growing differences over teachings. “Once you start opening the ...

Not only was Pope Francis the the first Jesuit pope, but he was the first pope from the Americas. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He was the the 266th pope of the ...

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome ...

Peter was the first pontiff of the Catholic church, and several popes have been considered "great" in the interim.

The Vatican has released the first images of Pope Francis in his casket before the public viewing at St. Peter's Basilica.

Oklahomans attending mass at the Blessed Stanley Rother and local priests that had met Pope Francis shared their memories of ...

Pope Francis was the first pope to visit Iraq, a historic event still remembered by Chaldeans in metro Detroit who mourned ...

Russian forces have retaken a monastery in Russia's Kursk region where Ukrainian troops had been holed up, state media reported on Tuesday.

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.