With more than 60 million Catholics and the second-highest number of cardinals after Italy, a guessing game is emerging on whether an American could be elected pope.

During Francis’s papacy, evangelical Protestantism and secularism continued to remake Latin America’s religious geography, especially in Brazil.

With his upcoming funeral, Pope Francis will one last time force the world to take a look at two U.S. Presidents who represent vastly different approaches to the job.

The pope's death came one day after Francis greeted thousands in St. Peter's Square after Easter Mass in his open-air popemobile.

Flags in Minnesota will be at half staff this week to honor and remember Pope Francis. On Monday, Gov. Tim Walz issued the proclamation, ordering all U.S. and Minnesota flags to be flown at half-staff at all state buildings until the day of Francis' interment.

In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral concern

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic Church in a more progressive direction while leading with compassion, openness and humility.

Pope Francis died Easter Monday, the Vatican announced. Here's a look at his time in the United States, including if he ever visited New Hampshire.

Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88. In 2015, he made a surprise stop at Saint Joseph's University. Charles Barkley is keeping a close eye on who will be the Democratic nominee for 2028, saying these two politicians are top picks for him.