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Francis put his final day to good use. He celebrated one last Easter. He delivered one last homily; read aloud by someone ...

Vatican City — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church's teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17 1936 in the Flores district of Buenos Aires, the eldest of five children in a ...

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen ...

“As parents, Michael and I always prayed that our children would have a faith ... and received his first holy Communion,” she said of her son. Nikki Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the ...

Following are some of the major events of the life and ministry of Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88.

How much violence we see, often even within families, directed at women and children ... in first grade, I loved going to Mass so much, I talked my teacher into letting me start First Communion ...

My earliest memories of those Easter mornings at church are sounds first ... children, that they believe in something good and useful and empathetic, even as we drag them out of bed on all those ...

Following are some of the major events of the life and ministry of Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88. December 17 - ...

The pontiff, known for his welcoming pastoral style and care for the marginalized, passed away Monday morning.