Global tributes are being paid after Pope Francis died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at Casa Santa Marta, a guesthouse at the Vatican. Follow for live updates ...

The Vatican said the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart failure. Francis had chronic lung ...

Pope Francis presided over the Catholic Church for more than a decade. The pontiff had suffered a number of health issues in recent years, and was growing increasingly frail before his passing.

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, the archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, led a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis in St. Peter's ...

Francis signaled a very different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset by scandal ...

Pope Francis died Monday, the Vatican announced, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...

That first Holy Week swirled with plots and betrayal. Jesus’ inner circle were confused and fearful. It was all spinning out ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of unique, centuries-old inscriptions in a place believed to be the site of the ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more imaginative approaches to faith.

In time for Easter, here's a look at some of the incredible artistic tributes to the Christian narrative that can be found ...