World & Nation
Photo gallery: Pope Francis visits the U.S. and Cuba.
Sept. 27, 2015
Pope Francis has exposed the political ‘maneuvers’ used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes in a book-length interview.
April 2, 2024
Why does the pope change his name? Why ‘Francis’?
March 13, 2013
The latest developments in Pope Francis’ visit to Cuba and the United States.
Sept. 20, 2015
Pope Francis will be discharged Saturday from the hospital where he is being treated for bronchitis, amid what the Vatican called a ‘normal’ recovery.
March 31, 2023
Pope Francis has been discharged from the Rome hospital where he had abdominal surgery nine days ago to repair a hernia and remove painful scarring.
June 16, 2023
Francis denied he was planning to retire anytime soon but repeated that ‘the door is open’ after Pope Benedict XVI took that historic step in 2013.
July 12, 2022
Pope Francis, who heads to Brazil on Monday, has won the hearts of millions of Catholics. That may come in handy as he seeks to reform the Vatican.
July 20, 2013
Pope Francis says he wants to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary Major, not in the grottoes of the Vatican like pontiffs before him.
Dec. 13, 2023
Latest developments in Pope Francis’ visit to the United States. All times local: 9:45 p.m.
Sept. 26, 2015