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

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, died on Monday ...

He emerged on Easter Sunday — his last public appearance, a day before his death — to bless thousands of people in St.

Amidst the decline of Catholicism in France, the reconstruction of the Abbey of St. Wandrille emerges as a powerful sign of ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

Pope Francis, the 266th Bishop of Rome and Sovereign of the Vatican City, has died on Easter Monday. Bells tolled in church ...

Saint Benedict’s Monastery plans to hold a joint prayer service with the College of St. Benedict to remember the pope. Catholics in St. Cloud are among many worldwide mourning the loss of Pope ...

But he emerged on Easter Sunday—his last public appearance, a day before his death—to bless thousands of people in St ... Latin America, was canonized after his case languished under Benedict ...

Jim and Jeanne Mulligan headed to the Cathedral of St. Paul on Monday morning ... the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Francis was the first pope from Latin America and the first Jesuit ...

By The Associated Press Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed ... the Vatican held a Rosary prayer in St. Peter’s Square in its first public commemoration.

and in the evening the Vatican began a Rosary prayer in St. Peter's Square in its first public commemoration. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed ...