The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, who died on Monday, had an informal, lighthearted speaking style, and sometimes he even created ...

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Minnesota asking to revive the state’s ban on gun-carry permits for young adults.

In his most significant move, Francis defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after a Vatican investigation determined he abused minors as well as adults. Francis later ...