The Vatican confirmed that the pontiff died Monday morning at 7:35 a.m. local time in Rome (1:35 a.m. Eastern Time). He ...

Headquarted in Hyattsville, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Washington oversees Washington, D.C. and six neighboring Maryland ...

Four top-flight soccer matches in Italy were postponed after the death of Pope Francis on Monday and the Buenos Aires club ...

Another disturbance will drop by Monday giving us clouds a chance for showers late. Showers will be widely scattered. The ...

Francis spent a good portion of his final years speaking out against war in Gaza and Ukraine, focusing on the most vulnerable ...

Pope Francis himself helped rewrite the process for burying the head of the church after the death of his predecessor, Pope ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method — a system known as the Papal conclave.

Pope Francis was widely considered one of the most liberal popes of the modern era. VATICAN CITY, — Pope Francis, the head of ...

While no clear successor to Pope Francis has been named, traditionally the pope has been picked from within the College of ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, became the pope 12 years ago. He was elected pope by a conclave of 115 ...

Francis mingled with the faithful for about an hour on Easter Sunday, drawing cheers as crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square.

It comes as El Salvador has come under sharp international scrutiny for accepting deportees from Venezuela and El Salvador ...