Pope Francis

In a fascinating twist of fate, three major entertainment icons share ancestry with Pope Leo XIV, all thanks to tracing back to a 17th-century Quebec family.

Pope Francis, whose birth name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio, passed away on Easter Monday (April 21) at the age of 88.

With Pope Francis' passing, the Church enters a sacred transition. Here's what happens during sede vacante, the conclave, and the election of the next pope.

Here's what we know about the ceremony during which a new pope will be selected by the Catholic Church.

He was the first Latin American pope to ever be elected by the Catholic Church.

Documents requesting that Charlene Richard, Louisiana's Little Cajun Saint, be canonized will be sent to the Vatican and the public is invited to witness it.

He was coughing and blowing his nose during an Ash Wednesday Mass after having greeted crowds in St. Peter's Square during Italy's coronavirus outbreak.

Did the pope say dogs can geaux to heaven when he said “paradise is open to all of God’s creatures?”

Wow! Talk about mass excommunications! Pope Francis has declared that 'all mobsters' are excommunicated !