Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died this morning at the age of 88, the Vatican announced. “Dear brothers and sisters, it is with profound sadness I must ...

It is revealing—and perhaps poetically fitting—that Pope Francis passed away just two months shy of the 10th anniversary of ...

He met the love of his life, Kay Morgan in 1961 and they married on May 4th ... He was a lifelong lover of animals, choosing St. Francis of Assisi the patron saint of animals, as his Patron ...

Pope Alexander VIII died on February 1, 1691, over fiver months before Innocent XII was appointed his successor in July 1961 ... Assisi, a town in Umbria. It is associated with St Francis ...

He graduated from Beaman-Conrad High School in 1961. He married Delores Zmolek ... Ken was a member of the St. Francis Assisi Parish in Marshalltown, Conrad Fire Department, Pheasants Forever ...

On June 3, 1961, Donald married Christa at Sacred Heart Church in ... and for the last seven years, was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church in Henderson, Nevada. He was also a ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new leader, the editors of 'America' remember an extraordinary and beloved pontiff ...

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

European pope in centuries, Francis was especially aware of colonialism’s impact and the need to embrace many cultures within ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of ...