CHICAGO — Chicago’s Catholic community is joining those around the world mourning the loss of Pope Francis. Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died Monday at the age of 88. People gathered at ...

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“Salaam Alaikum!” said Pope Francis, smiling into the camera of a smartphone in Rome. On the other side of the screen in Gaza, 19-year-old Suhail Abu Daoud watched in shock and delight. The people ...

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Archbishop of Nairobi Philip Anyolo after the requiem mass in honour of Pope Francis at Holy Family Minor Basilica, Nairobi on April 25,2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals have taken their first decisions following the death of Pope Francis, setting Saturday as the date for his funeral and allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff, died of a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart failure. He was the 266 th pontiff in the Roman Catholic Church, a humble man who rose ...

Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Italian immigrants – a father who was a railway worker and a mother homemaker. Bergoglio grew up in a ...

On March 13, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was elected pope on the second day of the conclave. He became the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere and the first ...

Catholics from across the United States reflect on the life and legacy of Pope Francis. How American Catholics remember Pope Francis Ask Catholics what stood out to them about Pope Francis and the ...