Pope Francis was able to greet cheering crowds on Easter Sunday at St. Peter’s Square ... who attacked the gun industry and wanted nuclear weapons abolished. Pope Francis always acted as ...

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St Peter's Square on June 13 ... One of the more high-profile alleged abusers was the Slovakian Jesuit, theologian, and mosaic artist Marko Rupnik, whose ...

"BUENA SERA" TRANSLATED "GOOD NIGHT" THE FORMER JANITOR AND NIGHTCLUB BOUNCER BECAME THE FIRST *JESUIT POPE, THE FIRST FROM THE NEW WORLD, AND THE FIRST POPE EVER TO TAKE THE NAME FRANCIS -- IN HONOR ...

Pope Francis smiles after celebrating Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.(AP) Upon his ascension to the papacy, the late pontiff chose the name Francis in honour of St. Francis of ...

A procession to move the body of Pope Francis to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public viewing ended Wednesday ...

The canonization for an Italian teenager who was set to become the first millennial saint has been postponed for at least one week after the death of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff died ...

The Vatican also said Francis had relayed in a final statement his wishes to be buried at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. When he was elected in 2013, Pope Francis said he chose his name ...

Emilio Morenatti, chief photographer in Spain for The Associated Press, arrived in St. Peter’s Square before sunrise to wait ...

VATICAN CITY — The canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, has been postponed due to the death Monday of Pope Francis, the Vatican announced. Acutis was to be canonized next Su ...

He became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and elevated to cardinal in 2001 by St. John Paul II. He was elected the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, on the fifth ballot. FILE – Pope Francis ...

He chose the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis, he said, was “the man of the poor. The man of peace. The man who loved and cared for creation and in this moment we don ...

IT’S ALMOST LIKE THIS GREAT, GREAT BLESSING AND A FURTHER AFFIRMATION THAT HEAVEN IS GIVING TO FRANCIS ENTERING HEAVEN. ONE MAN WE SPOKE WITH, LUKE PADILLA, WHO NAMED HIS SON AFTER SAINT FRANCIS ...