Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who ...

As of Thursday evening, about 90,000 people have visited St. Peter’s Basilica to pay homage to Pope Francis, the Vatican ...

Hundreds of people packed into St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Jacksonville on Thursday for a memorial mass for the repose of ...

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still ...

Someone in love with Jesus, with a sense of joy reminiscent of the scholar and poet St. Philip Neri.

In a small church tucked into a side street in northern China's Hebei province, a group of around 10 people gathered for ...

By prioritizing the environment, championing the poor and striking a more welcoming tone with LGBTQ Catholics, Pope Francis ...

Those touched − figuratively and literally − by Pope Francis, the "People's Pope," during his only visit to the U.S. reflect ...

Survivors of church sexual abuse acknowledge Francis took important steps, but say his successor must do more to tackle ...

A Black pope would make a profound statement — not just in the United States, where President Donald Trump has demonized ...

As mourners converged to pay respects to Pope Francis, "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson stopped to by the St.

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.