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Tributes to Pope Francis poured in on Monday, as presidents, prime ministers and other world leaders reacted to the news of his death.
Pope Francis died on Monday, one day after addressing the crowd from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Easter Sunday.
Classes are set to resume on Monday at Florida State University following an on-campus mass shooting last week, but students have been afforded the option to skip them.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cardinal Blasé Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, has released a statement following the death of Pope Francis.
Pope Francis called for "a church for the poor," a church that would reach out to what he called the "peripheries." He called for a humble, more merciful and inclusive church, and repeatedly ...
The church officially recognizes St. Peter, the first pope, as the longest-serving, with at least 34 years. However, many historians dispute that as impossible to verify, and instead say the ...
Pope Francis' death sets into motion a series of formalized rites and observances that occur during what is called the interregnum, which begins upon the pontiff's passing and ends with the election ...