Pope Francis

Lindsey Graham enthusiastically endorsed Donald Trump to serve as "the first Pope-U.S. President combination," drawing quick backlash.

Trump revealed his "number one choice" to succeed Pope Francis: himself, following speculation that he fell asleep during the funeral.

Trump suggested that Putin "has to be dealt with differently" after meeting with Zelensky at the Vatican during the Pope's funeral as Ukraine suffers escalating violence from Russia.

The legacy of Pope Francis, who famously exhorted young Catholics to "shake things up" by taking the gospel to "favelas, slums and shantytowns," lives on in the ramshackle neighborhood of 40,000 souls, a stone's throw from the well-heeled district of Retiro.

Tributes to the Argentine pontiff, a lifelong lover of the beautiful game, who died on Monday at the age of 88, have been peppered with football metaphors in his homeland.

The Wall Street Journal's Board substantiated its claim by pointing to the pope's advocation for less consumption and more environmental protection.

The Argentine pontiff, 88, died on Monday from a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in hospital battling double pneumonia.

JD Vance met with the Indian Prime Minister Monday, the same day Pope Francis died within hours of meeting Vance, prompting the internet to pray for his health.

As seen in the 2025 Oscar-nominated film "Conclave," the process of electing the new Pope following the death of Pope Francis will soon begin. Here are the leading candidates.

The Georgia representative tweeted a post claiming "there were major shifts in global leaderships" on Monday, hours after the pope's death was announced.

The pontiff passed away in the early hours of Monday at Casa Santa Marta, his residence within Vatican City. The Vatican revealed the official cause of death.

Since Oct. 9, 2023, the late pope had conducted nightly calls with Father Gabriel Romanelli, priest at the sole Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip.

Following Pope Francis' death, conservatives are championing Cardinal Robert Sarah, a critic of Pope Francis, as their top choice.

Cardinal Raymond Burke is one of the figures considered as a potential successor of Pope Francis as the process to elect a new pontiff gets underway

Pope Francis died just hours after a meeting with Vice President J.D. Vance, leading to a mix of tributes and online mockery.

President Donald Trump reacted to the death of Pope Francis with a brief post on his social media platform

Francis was a staunch defender of migrants and the most vulnerable. The first pope from Latin America died on Monday, April 21, at the age of 88. These were his messages.

Born in Buenos Aires to Argentine parents, Jorge Bergoglio made history as the first Latin pope.

On Saturday, Vice President JD Vance went to the Vatican's Apostolic Palace to meet with Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and the Foreign Minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher.

Pope Francis remains in critical condition after suffering a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis, the Vatican announced Saturday.

The pontiff is suffering from a "polymicrobial respiratory tract infection," leading his doctors to change his therapy

Pope Francis called for Christians to treat migrants with the same dignity they treat the people with power in a letter shared on Monday.

The pontiff has been a vocal critic of anti-immigration policies in the United States

The Pope emphasized the importance of friendliness and love in embodying the virtues of the Catholic Church as he told nuns to abandon 'vinegar' faces Sunday.

Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a Donald Trump critic, as the new Archbishop of Washington, D.C., ahead of the inauguration.

Pope Francis used his 2024 Christmas Day address to call for an end to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

At Saint Peter's Basilica, Francis used his Christmas Eve mass to urge Christians to think "of the wars, of the machine-gunned children, of the bombs on schools or hospitals" as this year's Christmas once again takes place under the shadow of Israel's war on Hamas and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Pope Francis has announced that Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old web designer who died in 2006, will be canonized as the Catholic Church's first millennial saint.

The pontiff again advocated for countries to be more welcoming, saying that people are "crossing seas and deserts to reach a land where they can live in peace and safety"

The event is set to take place on Friday. He is also making headlines for repeating a word for which he apologized weeks ago