Pope Francis has designated 2025 a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, and NJ travel agencies hope a fragile ceasefire in ...

The pope visited the city in 2015, making stops that included Madison Square Garden, Central Park and a Harlem school.

Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the name of Pope Francis, waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after being elected 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic ...

Pope Francis changed church policy on death penalty, nuclear weapons, advocated for migrants and sent a message of welcome to ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

He was the great disruptor to some and the radical modernizer the Roman Catholic Church desperately needed to others ... Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle leads a prayer service at St. Peter's Square during ...

He was the great disruptor to some and the radical modernizer the Roman Catholic Church desperately ... Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle leads a prayer service at St. Peter's Square during Pope ...

ROME — Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican Grottoes. After his ...

Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...

US President Barack Obama, left, meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican - Thursday 27 March 2014. ...

“I truly hope that his prayers for peace ... including Roman Catholics. Last year, Francis told CBS’ “60 Minutes” that he ...

"We have lost our spiritual father. While there is sadness in my heart, there is also a deep sense of gratitude for his ...