Though Pope Francis famously wrote of love and mercy, what he may have inspired most was a sense of hope — and, as he told 60 ...

Francis X. Rocca covered the Vatican and global religion for The Wall Street Journal. A native of Washington, D.C., he has ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The day before he died, in his final public address, Pope Francis expressed ... the president’s push to bring back fossil fuels. Francis also staunchly opposed the death ...

According to Church custom, it should typically be held within four to six days after the pontiff's death - with the funeral ...

Pope Francis's legacy includes efforts to open the eyes of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics to the dangers of climate change ...