Pope Francis had been suffering from health issues in the weeks before his death, including a more than one-month stay in the ...

Pope Francis died Monday, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for ...

After his last appearance on Easter Sunday at the Vatican, Pope Francis passed early Monday morning of heart failure after ...

Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas, is remembered for challenging traditions of the Catholic church and advocating for social justice.

Francis made his final public appearance on Easter Sunday. He appeared very frail and had delegated the celebration of the ...

Since the pope left the hospital, he had seemed different, writes NCR's Vatican correspondent Christopher White. That change ...

Pope Francis, the 266th Bishop of Rome and Sovereign of the Vatican City, has died on Easter Monday. Bells tolled in church ...

Pope Francis waved to hundreds of people gathered outside Rome's Gemelli hospital on Sunday as the pontiff left the hospital after surviving a life-threatening bout of pneumonia. In his first ...

Pope Francis has been away from public duties since he was hospitalised in February, when he received treatment for double ...

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen ...

The Vatican has announced the demise of Pope Francis who had been admitted to Gamelli Polyclinic Hospital after he was ...