Pope Francis once said in an interview: “I like to think of hell as empty. I hope it is.” Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died on April 21, 2025. Soon after the announcement of his ...

Pope Francis, in honor of St. Francis Assisi, a 12th century soldier-turned-preacher who embraced a life of poverty and wh ...

Easter Monday—at 88 from a cerebral stroke. The Vatican confirmed his death, which followed recent hospitalizations due to a ...

Pope Francis died this morning in Rome at the age of 88, the Vatican confirmed in a video statement carried by Reuters. The ...

In his homily at the pope's funeral, Cardinal Re described Pope Francis as a "pope among the people, with an open heart ...

The whole world is mourning the death of Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday (April 21), during the 12th year of his ...

The Vatican announced that Pope Francis died at the age of 88 on Monday morning. Here are some of the pope's most memorable ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, who died on Monday, had an informal, lighthearted speaking style, and sometimes he even ...