Throughout his 12-year pontificate, Francis was an advocate for the poor and many saw his papacy as the start of a new era for the Catholic church, marked by greater inclusion and acceptance.

The three-day celebration of the centenary, dubbed “Frassati Days,” drew pilgrims from the United States, Poland, and ...

Pope Leo XIV on July 3 appointed two prominent cardinals, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

ROME -- Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, the Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor, has died in Buenos ...

As cardinals begin a conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor, they must decide whether to find a pope who follows his path or forges a new one.

Biden: Pope Francis stood for compassion as others embraced cruelty. May mercy be his legacy. I fear with Pope Francis' passing, the world will be colder and less just. Which means that all of us ...

Pope Francis’ funeral ceremony at the Vatican on NBC News. Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at age 88.

The funeral service for Pope Francis took place Saturday morning at the Vatican. Watch the full ceremony.

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, will be mourned and buried at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major after dying one week ago at 88 years old.

NPR's coverage of the death of Pope Francis and what comes next.

Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Vatican for the funeral of Pope Francis. The beloved pontiff, the first Latin American pope in history, died earlier this week at the age of 88.