In a historic moment characterized by autocrats and would-be autocrats, Francis was the antithesis of a strongman.

Two days ago, Christians the world over celebrated the glory of the resurrected Jesus on Easter Sunday. In Rome, Pope Francis, still weakened by his recent hospital stay, toured Saint Peter’s Square ...

Tens of thousands of faithful attended his funeral on an unusually foggy morning, in stark contrast to the two million people who are estimated to have attended the funeral for Pope John Paul II ...

Most are governed by a constitution known as Universi Dominici Gregis (Of the Lord's Whole Flock) approved by Pope John Paul II in 1996 and revised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 and 2013.

Today’s day and age needs more holy families — a need that Pope St. John Paul II keenly observed and made part of his pontificate. He commended the Hungarian Holy Family to the modern world ...

Wil Tyrrell had a private audience with Pope Francis in 2015. The seconds they spoke 'seemed like an eternity, in a good sense,' he said.

THE DEATH of Pope Francis comes in the midst of a convulsive period in international affairs, one in which the late pontiff ...