as locals at Saint Francis Church shared how his leadership touched their lives and inspired a legacy of compassion. The Bakersfield community gathered at Saint Francis Church to honor Pope ...

But St. Mary was one of Francis' favorite places in Rome and a church with deep personal significance to him. “It's especially beautiful because of Pope Francis' love for the basilica of Mary ...

Hundreds of people queued to visit the tomb of the late Pope Francis at the St. Mary Major church in Rome on Sunday. Mourners began lining up to visit the tomb of the late Pope Francis at the St ...

Hundreds of priests, diplomats and community members gathered at the Church of St. Francis in the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi for a special memorial dedicated to the late Pope. During his ...

When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals ... for Pope Francis at mass in St Peter’s Square on March 9, following ...

Many of the Catholics Francis counseled were much younger, but he made a habit of trying to meet them where they were. A Church of the Poor: Around St. Peter’s Square, the pope offered services ...

An extensive restoration has been completed at the Historic St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in downtown Bend, which is ...

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, he chose the papal name Francis, after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

Francis, 88, died on Monday at the Vatican. Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, was buried Saturday at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major after dying one week ago at 88 years old.

From working as a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub to presiding over the Vatican, the path Pope Francis forged ... a picture in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church near the White House ...