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Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around the world, has died at the age of 88. The Vatican said Pope ...

The moment was the start of a 12-year papacy that marked a sea change for the Catholic Church. Francis quickly became a media darling as he grappled with the sex abuse crisis in the Catholic ...

This is not merely a biographical detail. His papacy was transformative in shaping a Catholic Church that was not focused solely on Europe. He shifted its attention from the old continent to the ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Today, St. Elias Maronite Catholic Church hosted a mass to honor the Pope’s memory on Easter Monday. During the service, the church displayed a picture of Pope Francis as a tribute.

He did not overcome the divisions in the church within the rich world. Rather, he troubled Catholic conservatives without making the changes that progressives wanted, creating a sense of ...

About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...

Father Craig Hightower at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Missoula says the passing of Pope Francis is especially impactful because he was the first Jesuit pope. "I think there's a lot of ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. On Easter Sunday, he used his message and blessing to appeal for peace in Middle East and Ukraine.

Bells tolled in Catholic churches around the world as news spread of Francis' death at age 88. He served as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years. Read more here. Congressional ...

As a scholar of global Catholicism, I am especially interested in how this will be the most diverse conclave in the history of the Catholic church. Before the conclave, the College of Cardinals ...

"His election in 2013 will be seen as a kind of tectonic shift in the life of the Church," Michael Sean Winters, a longtime writer for the National Catholic Reporter told Newsweek. Upon his ...