Pope Francis, Latin America’s first pontiff, died at age 88 after a cerebral stroke. Francis stressed humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset with scandal.

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope. The fatal shooting of conservative ...

Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a special Jubilee Year coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi. The Apostolic Penitentiary, a Vatican tribunal that deals with matters ...

The Italian hilltown of Assisi is anticipating a visit from Pope Leo XIV during the special Jubilee Year of St. Francis as ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and ...

Pope Leo is expected to visit the Italian hilltown of Assisi as the city celebrates the 800th anniversary of the death of its most famous saint.