The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Pope Francis had an informal, lighthearted speaking style. When Francis met Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI for the first time ...

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen ...

Pope Francis was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela on ...

Pope Francis, Latin America’s first pontiff who ministered to poor people with a message of mercy, has died. Francis stressed ...

Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees were angry over the home run that wasn’t. Judge drove a changeup from Tampa Bay’s Eric ...

Tributes to Pope Francis instantly poured in from around the world from presidents to people of all walks of like.

“China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the expense of China’s interests,” China’s Commerce Ministry said in a ...

A woman in the southern African country of Namibia runs a program that harnesses the power but also the gentleness of horses ...