When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals’ delight and conservatives’ horror.

Throughout his papacy, Francis was an outspoken advocate for the downtrodden. Shortly after he was elected in 2013 he said, “How I would like a church that is poor and for the poor.” ...

ABU DHABI, 24th April, 2025 (WAM) – St. Francis of Assisi Church of Assisi in the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi held a memorial Mass today for Pope Francis, who passed away last Monday at ...

Pope Francis, who chose his papal name after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ecologists, was the fiercest climate and environment advocate in the church ...

Pope Francis was the first non-European head of the Roman Catholic Church in more than a millennium. Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son of Italian immigrants.

Pope Francis died during one of the holiest periods in the Catholic calendar. “He died doing what he was called to do. He was a pastor, a leader of the Church,” Reid said.

Carlos Acutis is set to become the first millennial saint. His canonization was moved to next Sunday in St. Peter's Square after the death of Pope Francis.

Nearly 70 parishioners, some wiping away tears, filed into St. James Cathedral in downtown Orlando on Monday morning to mourn the death of Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church who ...

The pope transformed the church’s senior leadership, ... Pope Francis Leaves Behind a Church That’s More Global—and More Divided. Share. Resize. Listen (2 min) The Wall Street Journal.

Francis’ body — dressed in papal vestments, with a white bishop’s miter on his head — will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for several days to allow the faithful to bid farewell. On ...

In May 2024, Pope Francis sat down with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell for a wide-ranging interview, and she asked him whether, in his view, the church had done enough to address the sexual abuse scandal.

More than a dozen parishioners gathered inside the church on Monday afternoon to pray for the soul of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff served from his election on March 13, 2013 until his ...