The head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has died at 88 after a short illness. The pontiff was admitted to hospital in February with a respiratory tract infection, having suffered various ailments ...

Pope Francis, celebrated as a humble yet forceful pontiff, died on April 21 leaving behind a rich legacy of inclusion and activism. His leadership – of over some 1.4 billion Catholics globally – will ...

When I landed in Rome last year, renting a budget room tucked like an afterthought behind St. Peter's Basilica, I had zero intentions to see, or be near, the Pope. Why would I? As an atheist, my ...

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, died on Monday at the age of 88. His passing marks the end of a transformative papacy that redefined the tone and priorities of the Roman ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church for the past 12 years, has died at age 88. Francis died Monday morning, April 21 at 7:35 a.m. Central European Summer Time (1:35 a.m.

AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, died Monday ...