T he papacy is one of the world’s longest-running institutions. It may also be one of the strangest. There have been rival popes, an English pope and even, legend has it, a female pope.

Bishop Robert Barron praised Pope Francis for a papacy marked by "mercy and evangelization" upon the news of the pope's death at age 88 on Monday.

John Allen, the editor of Crux, an outlet that covers the Catholic Church and the Vatican joins CBS News 24/7 to discuss how Pope Francis broke the mold and reflects on memorable moments of his ...

In an image released by Netflix, Anthony Hopkins, left, and Jonathan Pryce play Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Bergoglio, who later became Pope Francis, in a scene from the movie “The Two Popes.” ...