LYON, France — Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...

For more than 20 years, Father Raymond de Souza has preached the “Seven Last Words” devotion, a traditional meditation on the ...

The sixth word from the cross brings us to the death of the Lord Jesus, crucified for our sake.

Scores of books by Francis, as well as about his life and papacy, portray the pope, who died on April 21, as compassionate ...

With word of the death of Pope Francis, there’s an outpouring of support and tributes from across the two-state region and ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, released an official statement just before 8 a.m. on the passing of Pope ...

Pope Francis' last public words were read in the 'Urbi et Orbi' message on Easter Sunday, just hours before his death was announced ...

The Vatican announced that Pope Francis died at the age of 88 on Monday morning. Here are some of the pope's most memorable ...

The world is reacting to the death of Pope Francis, the first Latina American pontiff who died overnight at the age of 88.

My reflections on the papacy of Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 April 21, are intertwined with experiences of prayer.

But it is also a story that has changed the world and millions of lives. If you’re a skeptic, I ask you to consider not ...