Pope Francis made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around the world.

Pope Francis died Monday morning at the age of 88, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced.

The first Latin American and Jesuit pope was determined to lead a more welcoming, pastoral and merciful Church outward to a broken world.

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, who clashed bitterly with traditionalists in his push for a more inclusive Roman ...

Pope Francis, a reformer from Argentina who rattled the Catholic Church’s traditionalists and inspired progressives by reaching out to gay people and championing the rights of immigrants and the ...

We talk with two faith leaders about the late Pope Francis and how they see his lasting influence regardless of who is chosen as his successor.

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.

World Pays Tribute to Pope Francis The Vatican said Francis, the first pope from Latin America, had died after a stroke, and revealed that his will requested a simple tomb in Rome.

A Catholic priest abused Alexa MacPherson for six years. Did Pope Francis do enough on child abuse?

Pope Francis dies; first pontiff from Latin America helped galvanize the scandal-ridden Roman Catholic Church with his warm, humble, no-nonsense manner.

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.