Catholics in Maryland and nationwide attended their first Sunday Mass without Pope Francis leading the church.

The Pope, famous—perhaps foremost—for his insistence on simplicity and aversion to clerical glitz, wanted to be buried not at ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary ...

I loved Pope Francis. He accepted the difficult job of bishop of Rome. He didn’t make it look easy. St. John Paul II spent ...

The funeral of Pope Francis — the world’s first Argentinean pontiff — will be held in Rome early Saturday as Catholics around ...

Pope Francis was a humble apostle of peace and an inspirational voice for social justice and human rights. His encyclical on ...

An American from Houston spoke to CBS News' Seth Doane about how Pope Francis impacted her life and why she wanted to honor ...

The life of Pope Francis, the first Latin American and first Jesuit to serve as the Roman Catholic Church’s pontiff, lasted ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, marked many firsts when he was elected as the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic ...

After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Pope Francis regularly referred to Ukraine and its people as “martyred” and ...

Pope Francis died on April 21. Here's what to know, where he was born and how he died. Plus, how Pope Benedict's resignation ...