A longtime Vatican correspondent shares his insights on the legacy of Pope Francis, a populist leader who sought to bring the ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pontiff, has died, the Vatican announced today. He was 88. Francis had served as pope for 12 eventful years, after being elected on March 13, ...