Pope Francis' death followed a months-long battle with double pneumonia and other health concerns. He had been released from hospital care last month had had been showing improvement, according to ...

The professors have raised concerns about what they say was confusion and ambiguity caused by some of the late pope's actions ...

Pope Francis is helped walking as he celebrates the canonization Mass for 10 new saints in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, May 15, 2022. Francis rallied from knee pain that has forced him to ...

Pope Leo XIV has not yet had a chance to let his personality break through in a defining way. Yet if history is any guide, ...

Pope Francis was hard to understand fully. Genuinely humble, his direct manner struck a deep chord with those he met, and he was always a “slum bishop”, feeling and reflecting the plight of ...

The bishop said the head of the Catholic Church never lost the touch of a parish priest. “I certainly would love to see that kind of a style in the next [Pope],” Brennan said. Bishop Robert Brennan ...

F ormer Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland, a conservative who clashed with former Pope Francis and was removed by him, said he is "praying" for the new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, in a Thursday social ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A memorial mass was held at the Cathedral of St Mary on Wednesday night for the late Pope Francis. Back in 2013, Bishop John T. Folda was appointed by Pope Francis ...

With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.