Those touched − figuratively and literally − by Pope Francis, the "People's Pope," during his only visit to the U.S. reflect ...

Both Texas and United States flags are half-staff to honor the death of Pope Francis. The flags will remain lowered through ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Pope Francis died Easter Monday, the Vatican announced. Here's a look at his time in the United States, including if he ever ...

The pope’s attention to migration and climate change were well known, but the pope was also attentive to a number of other ...

Pope Francis’ transformative vision for the American church made it more open, but also energized conservative resistance ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, the Vatican said. Did he ever visit New Jersey? The White House? NYC? Here's a look at ...

When Pope Francis visited the United States in 2015, cheering crowds of Catholics and non-Catholics turned out in New York, ...

Pontiffs have been players in global affairs for hundreds of years. Pope Francis carved out his own form of global influence.

For six days in September, 2015, Pope Francis made a historic visit to the United States, visiting some of the country's ...

Pope Francis’s first visit to the United States came to three historic northeast cities in September of 2015.