Pope Francis

Pope Francis put the poor in the center of his papacy. For Francis, taking care of those in need meant turning the Vatican upside down.

Cardinals around the world are remembering Pope Francis not just as a pope, but as a pastor deeply connected to real life. Some also expressed their hopes for the next …

“It was just unbelievable. We couldn’t believe it was happening,” Chuck Keating said of one encounter. “Tears of joy were coming.”

President Donald Trump plans to attend Pope Francis’ funeral and directed US flags be flown at half-staff in the late pontiff’s honor.

“The pope wanted to make one last significant surprise by going to St. Peter’s Square for a ride in the popemobile,” Vatican News said.

The late pontiff envisioned both matrimony and the family, as the domestic or household church, being a lifelong journey of faith.

Pope Francis globalized the papal office differently than his globetrotting predecessor St. John Paul II, shaped by being both from Latin America and a Jesuit.

(OSV News) — From the moment of his election, Pope Francis made clear from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica that his first mandate was to serve as bishop of Rome …

Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major and said he had offered his suffering for peace in the world.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis died April 21 after suffering a stroke and heart failure, said the director of Vatican City State’s department of health services. The pope had …