Pope Francis ... galvanized the Roman Catholic Church and drew widespread admiration from outsiders almost from the moment of his surprise election to the throne of St. Peter in 2013, has died.

When he moved to the Vatican as supreme pontiff of the Catholic church ... from the lives of both St Ignatius and his co-founder of the Jesuit order, St Francis Xavier. The Jesuit order had ...

Pope Francis charmed the world with those poignant acts of love, humility and informality, starting with his first appearance as pontiff on the loggia of St ... for a Catholic Church beset ...

Father Craig Hightower at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Missoula says the passing of Pope Francis is especially impactful because he was the first Jesuit pope. "I think there's a lot of ...

Pope Francis' funeral has been scheduled for Saturday morning at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. EDT) at St. Peter's Basilica ... as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years.

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — Members of St Peter Catholic Church in Jupiter come together Monday evening hours after the heartbreaking death of Pope Francis. Francis who was the first Latin American ...

Catholics and non-Catholics honor Pope Francis's life at a special Mass, celebrating his legacy and mourning his passing. His ...

Pope Francis, who died Monday at ... of the largest male religious orders in the Catholic Church." The order was founded in the 16th century by St. Ignatius of Loyola, a Spanish soldier who ...

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around ... many by appearing at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican ...

From working as a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub to presiding over the Vatican, the path Pope Francis forged as the leader of the Roman Catholic ... of St. John’s Episcopal Church near ...

She smelled like lemons. I was raised at Baltimore’s St. Francis Xavier Church, the oldest Black Catholic church in Maryland — a gray, gothic structure heavy with history, joy and contradiction.