For six days in September, 2015, Pope Francis made a historic visit to the United States, visiting some of the country's biggest cities and speaking to massive crowds of the faithful along the way.

VATICAN CITY — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at age 88, the Vatican announced. The big picture: Francis pushed the Catholic Church to ...

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch. Some of the most iconic moments of his papacy were those when he ...

"Regardless of their partisan leanings, most U.S. Catholics regard Francis as an agent of change," Pew added. "Overall, about ...