Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after ...

Pope Francis' tenure coincided with a surge in global migration. He urged leaders across the world to be compassionate.

As the number of displaced people worldwide surged and conservative views took root, Francis never stopped standing up for ...

Pope Francis met with J.D. Vance and called for mercy for migrants during an Easter blessing the day before he died.

Pope Francis changed church policy on death penalty, nuclear weapons, advocated for migrants and sent a message of welcome to ...

President Donald Trump on Monday offered brief condolences over the passing of Pope Francis, but the two men clashed ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, and the pope have tangled sharply over migration and the Trump administration’s ...

Rachel Maddow looks at the frequency and extent of the advocacy by Pope Francis for migrants around the world, preaching compassion and the golden rule, and highlighting the plight of people searching ...

Francis was a deeply religious child in Buenos Aires. The first pontiff from Latin America tried to create a more welcoming ...

In his final hours, Pope Francis met the vice president and delivered an Easter message on a theme that was central to his ...

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