Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

When Pope Francis visited New York City in 2015, he met and prayed with religious leaders of other faiths to spread a message ...

The death of Pope Francis has impacted travel plans for many members of the religious community who were scheduled to visit ...

As the first Latin American and non-European pope in more than 1,000 years, Pope Francis's presence as the head of one of the ...

Monsignor Don Fischer says he had been waiting for a leader like Pope Francis since he studied at the Vatican in the late ...

As news of the pope’s death traveled across the globe, observers fondly remembered a man who bought his own eyeglasses, got ...

A couple who spent part of Holy Week in Rome heard about the pope's passing when they arrived back home Monday morning.

Father Romanelli recalled how, over the past 19 months, the Holy Father has maintained constant contact with Gaza.

The cardinals set the funeral for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, to be celebrated by the dean of the College of ...

The worldwide attention on the death of Pope Francis and the process to select a new pontiff comes as no surprise to the Very ...

The co-founder of Project HOME Sister Mary Scullion, a Sister of Mercy, recalls meeting Pope Francis during his visit to ...

Gloria and Emilio Estefan are among the celebrities paying tribute to Pope Francis after he passed away Monday.Gloria and ...