It meant a lot to me to see him, he gave us so much,” said one woman who waited in line to file past the pontiff’s casket.

The changes reflect Francis’ view of the pope as a pastor more than a powerful person, but the rites will still be on a grand ...

President Donald Trump had a complicated relationship with Pope Francis, whose funeral he plans to attend Saturday.

Pope Francis will be buried on Saturday, April 26, in Italy. People in Mississippi who want to watch the funeral service live ...

Pope Francis began his papacy in 2013 during the Obama administration, but former President Barack Obama is not planning to ...

Cuba thaw and inked a deal with China on bishop appointments. His calls for peace and to fight climate change were not always ...

Those touched − figuratively and literally − by Pope Francis, the "People's Pope," during his only visit to the U.S. reflect ...

Both Texas and United States flags are half-staff to honor the death of Pope Francis. The flags will remain lowered through ...

Francis did away with that sort of viewing. Instead, a procession brought his coffin on Wednesday directly to St. Peter’s ...

The pope’s attention to migration and climate change were well known, but the pope was also attentive to a number of other ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

In the wake of Pope Francis' death, the process to elect a new pope will soon begin -- sparking speculation that an American ...