Great result for the humanitarian project of creating a new university, called 'Alba', in Madagascar ...

Francis, who took his name after Saint Francis of Assisi, was known for his outreach to the poor and those in poverty and ...

Re called Francis “a pope among the people, with an open heart towards everyone.” He recalled the last image many people have ...

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

Mourners stands near an image of the late Pope Francis outside the Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, April 26, ...

A number of dignitaries couldn't resist pulling out their mobiles to take pictures and videos of the late Pope's humble ...

Some 250,000 attended Pope Francis' funeral in Rome on Saturday, including world leaders and ordinary people. DW's religion ...

As pope, Francis traveled to dozens of countries on five continents. In his last days, he stayed much closer to home.

Pope Francis, the pontiff whose acts of love and humility rippled through his papacy, was laid to rest in a service he ...

Hundreds of thousands converged on Vatican City to pay tribute to the late pontiff, who died at the age of 88 on Monday.

Tens of thousands of people have lined the four-mile route between St. Peter's Basilica and Rome's Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where Pope Francis wi ...