Most of the funeral will be celebrated in Latin, and there will be incense and hymns and Gregorian chants. Attended by dozens ...

President Trump and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy met privately ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis and "had a very ...

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

The US president and the pontiff frequently exchanged criticisms over compassion for migrants, a group Trump has repeatedly ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re eulogized Pope Francis at his funeral, calling him "a pope among the people, with an open heart ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of ...

There may be opportunities for impromptu diplomacy at one of the largest gatherings of world leaders in years.

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

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

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

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...