Pope Francis, like all Catholic priests, vowed to celibacy and thus was not married or had children. Here's what we know about his family. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap ...

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88. Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was born on Dec. 17, 1936, and was elected the 266th pope of the Catholic Church on March 13, 2013. The former ...

The Catholic Church will continue to allow blessings for same-sex couples — but not recognition for their unions as ...

Pope Francis' funeral has been scheduled for Saturday morning at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. EDT) at St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican announced Tuesday after a meeting of the College of Cardinals ...

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first pope from the Americas, left an impact on the Catholic Church and on the world in many different ways. Here are five standouts.

You’re reading the Prompt 2025 newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox. Pope Francis died at the Vatican early Monday at age 88. Francis’s 12-year papacy ushered the Catholic Church into a ...

After 10 years as pope, Francis continues to reshape the Catholic Church The leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics has steered his church leftward after more than two decades of conservative ...

Pope Francis’ death will set in motion the Catholic Church’s elaborate and centuries-old procedure for electing a new pontiff.. The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals that will come into ...

Pope Francis became the pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13, 2013. Francis is the 266th successor from the very first pope, Saint Peter. Does Pope Francis have a wife or children?

For years now, Pope Francis’ governance of the Roman Catholic Church has been seemingly designed to drive the church’s conservative and liberal wings ever further apart. Thus the persistent ...