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.

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 ...

Nuns and the Faithful attend a Rosary Prayer for the late Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square, on April 21, 2025, in Vatican City, Vatican. Alessandra Benedetti - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images ...

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.” ...

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 ...