VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the ...

One of Pope Francis’ enduring legacies was that he greatly expanded the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

Priests and other celebrants distribute the Holy Communion – the bread and wine, representing the body and blood of Christ – ...

A litany of saints was sung out during the funeral Mass for Pope Francis, a meditative chant that is part of the traditional rites.

Watch ABC News' live coverage of the funeral for Pope Francis now on ABC stations and streaming on ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu. Tap on the blue circle to take a look at photos from the funeral for ...

Disenchanted as Protestants, Trent and Cynthia Palm, parishioners of St. Patrick in Oak Grove, said they began looking into ...

A delegation from the Anglican Communion will attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome on Saturday April 26, representing ...

As Amazonian bishops gathered at the Vatican on Oct. 21, 2019, a man entered a nearby church after dawn and stole three ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died at 88. The Vatican said he died of a stroke that put him into a coma and ...

Pope Francis was a reformer who vigorously engaged with the crises of his time such as war, mass migration and man-made ...

By the time Francis took over as leader of the Catholic Church in 2013, meetings between the president and the pontiff had become commonplace. During the dozen years that he served as the pontiff, ...