Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica ...

For over two thousand years, successive societies forged the civilization of ancient Greece. From the early societies of the ...

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

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

A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...

Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo, from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived.

Pope Francis, who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than 12 years and became a global symbol of humility, compassion and ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, marked many firsts when he was elected as the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church ... Pope Francis' life in the timeline below.

Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order who spent his career ministering in Peru, took the ...

July 8, 2013: Makes first trip outside Rome to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa to meet with newly arrived migrants and denounces the "globalization of indifference" shown to would-be refugees.