Inside the casket was a scroll that summarized the life and ministry of the pope, who died April 21 at the age of 88.

Pope Francis prayed alone in a rainy St. Peter’s Square, urging global unity and faith as he blessed the world during the ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

If amateur investigation into my lineage is to be believed, Rebecca Nurse is my ninth great-grandmother, Lynne Weiler writes.

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

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

Former president Uhuru Kenyatta is among leaders who have mourned the death of the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, ...

Pope Francis was, without question, the most important and most influential religious and theological figure of the 21st ...

U.S. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, “camerlengo” or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, stands before the body of Pope Francis in ...

The Church of England’s most senior bishop has recalled how meeting the Pope and saying the Lord’s Prayer together “changed me”. Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell said he had been ...

The Church of England’s most senior bishop has recalled how meeting the Pope and saying the Lord’s Prayer together “changed me”. Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell said he had been privileged to meet ...