In memory of Pope Francis (1936–2025), this photo essay traces the remarkable journey of a pontiff who redefined the papacy ...

Pope Francis was an avid soccer fan born in Argentina. Lionel Messi shared a sentimental message after the Vatican announced the Pope's death Monday.

Pope Francis met with Presidents Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden during his time leading the Catholic Church.

Catholics around the world will be watching to see whether his successor upholds Francis’ progressive legacy or tacks toward ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

The pope, who was 88, died Monday morning the day after Easter, considered the holiest day on the Christian calendar. He had been ill, but the death of the popular pontiff still caught many by ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. “At 7:35 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday: ...

Bells tolled in churches in his native Argentina as news spread around the world after the announcement that Pope Francis had ...

Argentina’s leader has cut inflation, reduced poverty, and is making the economy grow. But things may still go wrong. | ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...