Catholics had become conditioned to believe the conventional wisdom that an American would never be elected pope, writes Michael J. O'Loughlin. Nearly a year after his election, what does it mean to have a pope from the U.

Melania Trump spent her 55th birthday urging her husband Donald Trump to shake hands with dignitaries as they both mourned the death of Pope Francis at the pontiff's Rome funeral, according to a lip r

Members of Ottawa’s Catholic community said they’re pleased with the selection of Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis. White smoke billowed from a Sistene Chapel chimney in the middle of Wednesday afternoon,

Where Francis sounded the alarm, Leo has remained focused on what he calls ecological conversion: a transformation of heart and mind.

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.