Francis was more tolerant with another critic, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen. He excoriated the ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, Roman Catholics around the globe will start speculating ...

Every pope has his critics. And Pope Francis probably expected that he would face opposition to his reform agenda after ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

Pope Francis has died​ at the age of 88 following a number of health issues in recent years. Here's what we know about his ...

The Catholic faithful took heart when the pontiff, after two brushes with death, emerged from a hospital and resumed some of ...

Cardinals were due to meet on Tuesday to plan Pope Francis' funeral, which leaders from around the world will attend ahead of ...

Juan Carlos Cruz, a victim of clerical sexual abuse and an openly gay Vatican advisor, remembers Pope Francis’ monumental ...

Pope Francis had been suffering from health issues in the weeks before his death, including a more than one-month stay in the ...

The dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, sent a letter to all cardinals — electors and non — on ...

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...