Ten U.S. cardinals are among those who will gather in Rome to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died Monday.

Those touched − figuratively and literally − by Pope Francis, the "People's Pope," during his only visit to the U.S. reflect ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

With more than 61 million Catholics and the second-highest number of cardinals after Italy, a guessing game is emerging on ...

After a tumultuous papacy, Pope Francis leaves the Chair of Peter with faithful American Catholics anticipating a return to orthodoxy.

By the time Francis took over as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013, meetings between the president and the pontiff had ...

For six days in September, 2015, Pope Francis made a historic visit to the United States, visiting some of the country's ...

Cardinal Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to the United States, reflected on Pope Francis’s legacy and the evangelizing ...

The late pontiff was first Jesuit, the first Latin American, and first and last a priest, walking beside people on their ...

Elected pope in 2013, Francis was known as a humble reformer who worked to make the Church more inclusive and was concerned with the poor. Here's a look at Francis' time in the United States ...

Flags across the United States and at U.S. facilities worldwide will be flown at half-staff to honor the memory of His ...

Pope Francis died Easter Monday, the Vatican announced. Here's a look at his time in the United States, including if he ever ...