Before he stepped out of the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in 2013 as Pope Francis in tribute to the saint of Assisi, the late pontiff was known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

Pope Francis explained that both Peter and Paul experienced the liberating power of Christ before being entrusted with the mission to proclaim the Gospel. “Let us take a closer look at these two ...

Francis was the first pope from the Americas, ... St. Peter was the first pope, one of the twelve Apostles and the man who Catholics believe was ordained by Jesus himself.

The Washington Examiner‘s Peter Laffin suggested the late Pope Francis did not fit into the American left-right political paradigm after funeral services for Francis were held in Vatican City ...

First, Pope Francis reflected on Peter as “rock,” which is how Jesus identifies the first-century saint in today’s Gospel passage from Matthew 16:13–19. “And I tell you, ...

Pope Francis' funeral: Will be held on Saturday, Vatican says The final hours of Pope Francis Strappetti was with the pope on Easter Sunday when Francis blessed the throngs at St. Peter's Square.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was thankful that he was able to greet throngs of people in St. Peter’s Square on Easter, a day before he died, though he initially had some doubts given his ...

With those words, Pope Francis changed my life,” wrote John Boehner, former speaker of the U.S. House and a lifelong Catholic, in a tribute on X. Boehner has previously explained that the visit ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’s gravelly, frail voice echoed through St. Peter’s Square on Thursday, as a recorded message from the ailing pontiff delivered his first spoken words to 1.4 ...