Some of the defining images of the life of Pope Francis, the first Latin American and first Jesuit to serve as the Roman ...

Pope Francis, who died Monday, had visited Philadelphia in September 2015 for the World Meeting of Families event, which drew ...

Pope Francis, remembered for his humility and care for the poor, was honored with a Mass in Savannah. Local religious and ...

Pope Francis has died after leading the Roman Catholic Church for more than a decade. His last public appearance was on the ...

Hundreds gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to pray for the late pontiff led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

Pope Francis brought a breath of fresh air into a 2,000-year-old institution that had seen its influence wane during the ...

The pontiff died of a cerebral stroke that put him in a coma and led to irreversible heart failure. He was 88 years old.

The first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday.

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The first pope from the Americas, whose drive to modernize the Catholic Church divided opinion, has died in Rome aged 88.