COMMENTARY As the first pope from Latin America, Francis will be lauded for urging compassion for the region's immigrants — ...

Interpersonal communication and embracing mercy in order to achieve the common good were two key themes of Francis’ ...

Victor “Tucho” Fernandez, one of the closest collaborators of Pope Francis, recounted his last encounter: “This world has ...

On a more prosaic level, it’s worth recalling that prior to Pacelli in 1939, the last Secretary of State to be elected pope ...

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Argentine priest Guillermo Marcó, a close ally to Pope Francis and his spokesman for years when he was archbishop of Buenos ...

In his Easter message, Pope Francis criticized — one last time — the Trump administration's cruel mass deportation policy.

Pontiffs have been players in global affairs for hundreds of years. Pope Francis carved out his own form of global influence.

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Kathy Hochul on Monday joined Catholics mourning Pope Francis, urging New Yorkers to carry on his call to protect the world’s ...

Pope Francis — the first pontiff from the Americas, who clashed with traditional Catholics but was hailed as a reformer by progressives — died on Monday, a day after Easter, at age 88. The pope had ...

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...