The Vatican said the Catholic leader, who suffered from chronic lung disease and recently spent 38 days in the hospital for a ...

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

Pope Francis brought a breath of fresh air into a 2,000-year-old institution that had seen its influence wane during the ...

He made his last public appearance on Easter Sunday — a day before his death — to bless thousands of people in St. Peter’s ...

Bells tolled in churches from his native Argentina to the Philippines and across Rome as news spread around the world.