Without basis, without charity, Pope Francis and his advisors stripped that venerable gem away from Catholics almost entirely ...

Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition 10:43. Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. The pope's last public appearance was on Easter Sunday at St. Peter's Square. Vice President JD Vance had just met with the pope on Sunday ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ death today on Easter Monday marks the end of a historic 12-year papacy. The first Latin American and the first member of the Society of Jesus to be elected pope ...

Pope Francis, whose warm, humble, ... His health again began to deteriorate Feb. 14, ... critics accused Bergoglio of willingly handing the men over.

Pope Francis then punished Cardinal Burke again by evicting him from his apartment at the Vatican. Pope Francis’ predecessors were more closely connected to the United States.

A traditionalist, Strickland accused the pope of undermining the Catholic faith. Francis removed him from his diocese in Texas in 2023. ... Francis again implored the world to take action.

Francis' 12-year papacy was a remarkable one, working in service to the church until the very day before he died. He sought to focus more explicitly on social justice, on climate change and ...

Pope Francis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York in 2015. He was elected after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in 2013, but few expected him to seek to transform his church with such zeal.

FILE - Pope Francis attends a prayer on the occasion of the World Day of the Creation's care in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015.

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons. But he upheld it in other areas, such as abortion and celibacy for priests.