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, 88, died of a stroke and heart failure, the Vatican said. Francis was last seen Sunday when he gave the ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of the underdog ...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs ...

He will go down in history as a radical pontiff and a champion of underdogs who forged a more compassionate Catholic Church.

Pontiff had complex relationship with Jews and Israel; he denounced antisemitism and met hostages and their families, but ...