He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St.<a ...

He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter's Square, washing the feet of a Muslim prisoner, sinking to his hands and knees to implore ...

The Vatican said in a statement later Monday that Francis died of a stroke that put him into a coma and led to irreversible ...