Pontiffs have been players in global affairs for hundreds of years. Pope Francis carved out his own form of global influence.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is running the Vatican administration until a new pope is elected, presided over the solemn ...

BBC Breakfast host Sally Nugent paused the show on Wednesday to share an important update on Pope Francis's coffin procession ...

Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter, a day before he died, ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will hold a conclave to elect the Church’s 267th pontiff and a successor to Pope Francis, who has ...

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Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis was elected Pope in 2013 after his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI became the first Pope to ...

Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the biggest crisis ...

Understanding the politics of the cardinals—and how Francis may have influenced the election of his successor.

Leaders of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) mourned the passing of Pope Francis on Monday. “We in ...